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LepiMAP:   379
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431AD
Observer:   Sharp I.C. & Sharp A.
Date of record:   2007-11-29
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   A larva of either Bowkers tailed-blue or bush scarlet feeding on the sourplum (Ximenia caffra) and being constantly attended to by an ant.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   453590
Species name:   Stugeta bowkeri tearei
Common name:   Bowker's marbled sapphire -- Bosveld marmersaffier
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-379
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 379 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Stugeta bowkeri tearei -- Bowker's marbled sapphire; Bosveld marmersaffier
Species code:   453590
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   It's interesting to see one with an ant. They are normally (not always) not associated with ants!
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Stugeta bowkeri tearei -- Bowker's marbled sapphire; Bosveld marmersaffier
Species code:   453590

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