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LepiMAP:   640006
Province:   Central Province
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2025AC
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2018-01-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Makgadikgadi Calcrete Bushveld. Feed on Aspilia mossambicensis flowers (Asteraceae).
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   464500
Species name:   Tarucus sybaris linearis
Common name:   Dotted pierrot -- Woestyn spikkelbloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Lycaenidae
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-640006
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 640006 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   I have split this photo from the other two. Different species.
Date:   2018-02-01 08:52:29
Species name:   Tarucus sybaris linearis -- Dotted pierrot; Woestyn spikkelbloutjie
Species code:   464500

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