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LepiMAP:   21535
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3217DD
Observer:   Rijsdijk I M
Date of record:   2012-02-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Butterfly seen in the driveway of a house very close to the beach. Appeared to rub its wings together.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   459600
Species name:   Aloeides thyra thyra
Common name:   Red russet -- Rooi kopervlerkie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Red Hill Copper
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-21535
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 21535 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Graham Henning
Comment:  
Date:   2012-02-15 09:15:43
Species name:   Aloeides egerides -- Red Hill russet; Red Hill kopervlerkie
Species code:   459140
Comment number:   2
By:   Harald Selb
Comment:   out of range for egerides , and habitat not matching
Date:   2017-03-05 15:53:13
Species name:   Aloeides thyra thyra -- Red russet; Rooi kopervlerkie
Species code:   459600

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