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LepiMAP:   21353
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318CD
Observer:   Rautenbach F
Date of record:   2012-02-03
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Found dead on trail just above Theresa avenue, Camps bay.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   467170
Species name:   Lepidochrysops oreas oreas
Common name:   Sky-blue giant cupid -- Skiereiland ratsbloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Peninsula blue
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-21353
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 21353 - photo: 1
VM-number: 21353 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Peter Webb
Comment:   I am taking a wild guess here and having never seen this butterfly I would guess Pringles blue, but the distribution is a push?
Date:   2012-02-05 22:14:30
Species name:   Lepidochrysops pringlei -- Hilltop giant cupid; Kleinblou ratsbloutjie
Species code:   467380
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2012-02-07 22:39:26
Species name:   Lepidochrysops oreas oreas -- Sky-blue giant cupid; Skiereiland ratsbloutjie
Species code:   467170
Comment number:   3
By:   Andrew Morton
Comment:   Lovely female Peninsula Blue. There are still a couple out.
Date:   2012-02-14 20:28:46
Species name:   Lepidochrysops oreas oreas -- Sky-blue giant cupid; Skiereiland ratsbloutjie
Species code:   467170

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