Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   762267
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3022CD
Observer:   Tippett RM; Ryan Tippett
Date of record:   2021-11-02
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   I apologise if these sandmen are all the same. They look different to me.
Last updated:   2021-11-04 16:02:48
Sp. code:   471270
Species name:   Spialia nanus
Common name:   Dwarf sandman -- Dwerg sandmannetjie
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-762267
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 762267 - photo: 1
VM-number: 762267 - photo: 2
VM-number: 762267 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   No problem submitting many photos of them. Different sandman species can fly together. In this case I do think they are all S. nanus.
Date:   2021-11-04 16:02:48
Species name:   Spialia nanus -- Dwarf sandman; Dwerg sandmannetjie
Species code:   471270

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