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LepiMAP:   36197
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530AC
Observer:   Pietersen D
Date of record:   2013-11-03
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   465480
Species name:   Orachrysops lacrimosa
Common name:   Restless cupid -- Rustelose bloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-36197
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 36197 - photo: 1
VM-number: 36197 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:   species so far only known from the reserve - 1 QDS in the entire world!
Date:   2013-11-10 12:30:38
Species name:   Orachrysops warreni -- Lost valley blue; Donkerblou bloutjie
Species code:   465580
Comment number:   2
By:   Dave Edge
Comment:   This is Orachrysops lacrimosa, which flies at the VVNR in November. O. warreni only comes out in mid December.
Date:   2015-02-01 09:27:46
Species name:   Orachrysops lacrimosa -- Restless cupid; Rustelose bloutjie
Species code:   465480

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