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LepiMAP:   4598
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3421AD
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2008-12-20
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Alt. 6 m. In coastal fynbos vegetation.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   470990
Species name:   Spialia sp.
Common name:  
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-4598
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4598 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Can't ID; no clear view of either wing surface.
Date:   2010-05-04 20:25:36
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Peter Sharland
Comment:   Agree with Steve.
Date:   2011-04-29 07:35:52
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Michael Purves
Comment:   Worn individual, but if you consider that the brown areas on the under-surface were originally "white" and the silvery-grey areas were originally "black", then the pattern is similar to Spialia spio. Shape of the face too is like Spialia.
Date:   2013-09-12 09:59:46
Species name:   Spialia spio -- Mountain sandman; Berg sandmannetjie
Species code:   471340
Comment number:   4
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-01-08 07:37:41
Species name:   Spialia sp.
Species code:   470990

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