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LepiMAP:   16866
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430DB
Observer:   Sharp I.C. & Sharp A.
Date of record:   2011-02-27
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Egg found on Acacia karroo, collected and bred through cycle.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   460310
Species name:   Anthene sp.
Common name:  
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Talbot\'s Blue
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-16866
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16866 - photo: 1
VM-number: 16866 - photo: 2
VM-number: 16866 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Could either be A.contrastata (Mashuna hairtail) or A.talboti (Talbot\\\'s hairtail)... or even A.otacilia. We need an upperside of a male to confirm the ID, and by the looks of it this is a female so we would have had problems in any case.
Date:   2011-04-24 20:44:11
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   This is an example of where the specimen should have been killed and preserved.
Date:   2011-04-19 21:48:49
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2013-12-18 20:30:05
Species name:   Anthene sp.
Species code:   460310

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