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LepiMAP:   633
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2329DD
Observer:   de Boer B.
Date of record:   2007-11-20
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Seen in a field that burnt a few months ago, sunny day.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   467330
Species name:   Lepidochrysops plebeia plebeia
Common name:   Twin-spot giant cupid -- Dubbelkol ratsbloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-633
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 633 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   I'd guess L.patricia but it could also be L.glauca.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   I agree. Ben if you read this was it ice blue or mauve-blue on top? We need a field for observers' comments!
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Kevin Cockburn
Comment:   I think it is plebeia by the spot arrangement
Date:   2012-02-15 22:53:54
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2012-05-19 22:46:44
Species name:   Lepidochrysops plebeia plebeia -- Twin-spot giant cupid; Dubbelkol ratsbloutjie
Species code:   467330

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