Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

LepiMAP:   771117
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3323CD
Observer:   Young Graeme; John Home
Date of record:   2022-03-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-30 09:37:46
Sp. code:   463090
Species name:   Cupidopsis cissus cissus
Common name:   Meadow blue -- Vleibloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Eicochrysops messapus messapus (Cupreous ash blue)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-771117
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 771117 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   This is C. cissus. More spots on the underside compared to cupreous blue and that whitish band which a cupreous blue does not have.
Date:   2022-03-30 09:37:46
Species name:   Cupidopsis cissus cissus -- Meadow blue; Vleibloutjie
Species code:   463090

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