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LepiMAP:   26698
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2428AC
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2012-11-29
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   sorry - could not photograph the underside of the wings before the butterfly flew off
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   470990
Species name:   Spialia sp.
Common name:  
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Mountain Sandman
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-26698
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 26698 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Jeremy Dobson
Comment:   May also be depauperata.
Date:   2012-12-10 16:19:19
Species name:   Spialia ferax -- Striped sandman; Gewone sandmannetjie
Species code:   471170
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2013-12-18 20:39:38
Species name:   Spialia sp.
Species code:   470990

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