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LepiMAP:   3395
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3219AA
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2008-08-22
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Alt. 494 m asl. On hill slope. cf. Spring - or Dickson's Widow.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   415290
Species name:   Tarsocera dicksoni
Common name:   Boland spring widow -- Klein lenteweduwee
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-3395
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3395 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   I'll probably get shot for this but I'm going to plump for Dickson's. In truth these two butterflies are so close you need to do genitalia to separate them for sure.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Tarsocera dicksoni -- Boland spring widow; Klein lenteweduwee
Species code:   415290
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Tarsocera sp
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Graham Henning
Comment:  
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Tarsocera dicksoni -- Boland spring widow; Klein lenteweduwee
Species code:   415290

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