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LepiMAP:   9776
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3326DA
Observer:   Galpin M.D. & Galpin E.J.
Date of record:   2009-12-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Overcast day with very light drizzle
Last updated:   2014-07-16 16:58:28
Sp. code:   472170
Species name:   Gegenes pumilio gambica
Common name:   Dark dodger -- Donker-glippertjie
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-9776
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9776 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Dave Edge
Comment:   This is the best guess that can be made from this picture, although this is quite a rarely seen species because it is quite inconspicuous
Date:   2010-05-07 18:26:55
Species name:   Astictopterus inornatus -- Modest sylph; Skaam walsertjie
Species code:   472680
Comment number:   2
By:   Mark Williams
Comment:   Possibly
Date:   2010-06-18 14:15:50
Species name:   Gegenes pumilio gambica -- Dark dodger; Donker-glippertjie
Species code:   472170

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