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LepiMAP:   5002
Province:   Huila
Country:   Angola
Locus:   1413DC
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2009-01-17
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Alt. 2101 m asl. In miombo woodland around the Cristo Rei statue. Hairstreak.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   453780
Species name:   Hypolycaena sp.
Common name:  
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-5002
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5002 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Looks like buxtoni but specimen needs close inspection - looks a bit like Iolaus poultoni as well!
Date:   2009-03-16 23:33:04
Species name:   Hypolycaena buxtoni buxtoni -- Buxton's hairstreak; Langstert stertbloutjie
Species code:   453870
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2020-04-06 07:45:54
Species name:   Hypolycaena sp.
Species code:   453780

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