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LepiMAP:   38410
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3319CC
Observer:   Rautenbach F
Date of record:   2014-01-03
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Brown upper side. Same size as peninsula blue (next submission). On the same rocky outcrop.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   466970
Species name:   Lepidochrysops methymna methymna
Common name:   Monkey giant cupid -- Bobejaan ratsbloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Robertson's blue
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-38410
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 38410 - photo: 1
VM-number: 38410 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2014-01-03 16:11:17
Species name:   Lepidochrysops methymna methymna -- Monkey giant cupid; Bobejaan ratsbloutjie
Species code:   466970
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-01-03 18:22:17
Species name:   Lepidochrysops methymna methymna -- Monkey giant cupid; Bobejaan ratsbloutjie
Species code:   466970

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