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LepiMAP:   113394
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3322BC
Observer:   Jafta J.
Date of record:   2000-11-06
Number of photos:   0
Notes:   code based on Swartberg Nature Reserve
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   467190
Species name:   Lepidochrysops ortygia
Common name:   Koppie giant cupid -- Koppie ratsbloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   QUESTIONABLE
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   SAMC
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-113394
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map

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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Dave Edge
Comment:   This cannot be L. ortygia - it could be L. swartbergensis or L. pringle
Date:   2010-10-11 14:25:01
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Silvia Mecenero
Comment:   Williams: None of these is L. ortygia. I could hazard a guess at some of them but would rather that these records be expurgated from the database until the actual specimens have been closely examined and determined.
Date:   2010-12-07 00:32:17
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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