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LepiMAP:   46533
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3324AD
Observer:   Kleiman PR
Date of record:   2014-05-18
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   i presume this is one of the little 'blue's' that use Geraniums as host plants?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   461050
Species name:   Anthene livida livida
Common name:   Pale ciliate blue -- Bleek kortstertjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   ??
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-46533
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 46533 - photo: 1
VM-number: 46533 - photo: 2
VM-number: 46533 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Female on her host plant Cotyledon sp.
Date:   2014-06-03 22:29:16
Species name:   Anthene livida livida -- Pale ciliate blue; Bleek kortstertjie
Species code:   461050

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