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LepiMAP:   15084
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CB
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2010-10-30
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   If confirmed as Patrician Blue, will be a new record for the Pretoria Garden.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   465240
Species name:   Euchrysops dolorosa
Common name:   Sabie smoky blue -- Donker dowwebloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Patrician Blue
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-15084
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15084 - photo: 1
VM-number: 15084 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   But it could also be L.glauca
Date:   2010-11-01 23:55:49
Species name:   Lepidochrysops patricia -- Patrician giant cupid; Persblou Ratsbloutjie
Species code:   467230
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   No tails and it is a fresh specimen, so neither of the two mentioned Lepidochrysops.
Date:   2011-04-24 20:58:14
Species name:   Euchrysops dolorosa -- Sabie smoky blue; Donker dowwebloutjie
Species code:   465240
Comment number:   3
By:   Jeremy Dobson
Comment:   Euchrysops dolorosa female
Date:   2011-04-27 19:06:01
Species name:   Euchrysops dolorosa -- Sabie smoky blue; Donker dowwebloutjie
Species code:   465240

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