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LepiMAP:   23825
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732CD
Observer:   Bode J
Date of record:   2012-04-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   470810
Species name:   Sarangesa seineri durbana
Common name:   Dark elfin -- Suidelike donker kaboutertjie
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-23825
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 23825 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:   difficult to tell from the photo, but the arrangement of the hyaline spots on the forewing seems closer to this species
Date:   2012-05-06 15:44:01
Species name:   Sarangesa motozi -- Forest elfin; Woud kaboutertjie
Species code:   470700
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Not easy, but the lack of a clear window makes me rather go for S.phidyle. See what the others say
Date:   2012-05-07 14:21:23
Species name:   Sarangesa phidyle -- Small elfin; Klein kaboutertjie
Species code:   470760
Comment number:   3
By:   Mark Williams
Comment:  
Date:   2012-05-08 15:12:45
Species name:   Sarangesa seineri durbana -- Dark elfin; Suidelike donker kaboutertjie
Species code:   470810

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