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LepiMAP:   20264
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3223BA
Observer:   Theron S
Date of record:   2011-12-04
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   464750
Species name:   Brephidium metophis
Common name:   Tinktinkie pygmy blue -- Tinktinkie bloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   dwarf blue
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-20264
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 20264 - photo: 1
VM-number: 20264 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Lacks the buff streak at the HW anal angle that tells Dwarf from Tinktinkie Blue
Date:   2011-12-09 19:29:56
Species name:   Brephidium metophis -- Tinktinkie pygmy blue; Tinktinkie bloutjie
Species code:   464750

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