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LepiMAP:   7574
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DD
Observer:   Thomson G.H.
Date of record:   2009-06-05
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Photo taken at 3:15pm. It was a bit cool with a sunny spot on the Canary Creeper where the butterfly was. Altitude is 319 meters.
Last updated:   2017-08-04 10:19:44
Sp. code:   472101
Species name:   Afrogegenes sp.
Common name:  
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-7574
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7574 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7574 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Bennie Coetzer
Comment:  
Date:   2009-08-23 22:05:38
Species name:   Parnara monasi -- Water watchman; Water wagtertjie
Species code:   472200
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2010-02-15 19:54:07
Species name:   Afrogegenes letterstedti -- Brown dodger; Bruin swenker
Species code:   472120
Comment number:   3
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Afrogegenes letterstedti needs reassigning as Afrogegenes sp, Likewise all SABCA Gegenes niso records need to be reassigned as Afrogegenes sp, because unless someone is going to revisit all those collections and examine every Afrogegenes specimen, no-one can say what they are, for sure!
Date:   2017-08-04 10:41:44
Species name:   Afrogegenes sp.
Species code:   472101

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