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LepiMAP:   36773
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3319CC
Observer:   Rautenbach F
Date of record:   2013-11-29
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Flying between mouse blues, about twice the size, not on a hilltop.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   466970
Species name:   Lepidochrysops methymna methymna
Common name:   Monkey giant cupid -- Bobejaan ratsbloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Not sure
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-36773
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 36773 - photo: 1
VM-number: 36773 - photo: 2
VM-number: 36773 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Female, from the few blue scales in the discal area of the UFW
Date:   2013-12-03 19:43:13
Species name:   Lepidochrysops methymna methymna -- Monkey giant cupid; Bobejaan ratsbloutjie
Species code:   466970

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