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LepiMAP:   762189
Province:  
Country:   Seychelles
Locus:   0455CB
Observer:   Gie S
Date of record:   2021-11-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Many tiny butterflies flying just above the ground
Last updated:   2021-11-02 16:21:23
Sp. code:   464605
Species name:   Zizeeria knysna knysna
Common name:   African grass blue -- Duwweltjie bloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Zizeeria knysna
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-762189
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 762189 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Most of the species on the Seychelles are the same one's found on the African continent. 8 species are endemic of which some are already extinct.
Date:   2021-11-02 16:21:23
Species name:   Zizeeria knysna knysna -- African grass blue; Duwweltjie bloutjie
Species code:   464605

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