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LepiMAP:   145534
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2830CD
Observer:   H Cookson
Date of record:   1950-10-30
Number of photos:   0
Notes:  
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   464080
Species name:   Leptotes pulchra pulchra
Common name:   Sesbania zebra blue -- Pragtige Sebrabloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   QUESTIONABLE
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   TMSA
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-145534
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map

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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Dave Edge
Comment:   Unlikely to be L. pulcher, which is only found on the KZN coast. Could have been confused with several other Leptotes species.
Date:   2010-10-19 13:47:36
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Silvia Mecenero
Comment:   Martin: Short of dissecting the genitalia the ID appears correct
Date:   2011-01-21 10:02:02
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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