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LepiMAP:   533763
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2229AD
Observer:   P.S.Roos
Date of record:   2008-11-24
Number of photos:   0
Notes:  
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   466520
Species name:   Lepidochrysops glauca
Common name:   Silvery giant cupid -- Ysblou ratsbloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-533763
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map

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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mark Williams
Comment:   Was this species verified by examining the genitalia? Not so far recorded in South Africa (M C Williams)
Date:   2010-08-25 12:28:13
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Silvia Mecenero
Comment:   Roos: Genitalia was not examined . Graham Henning was with me the day when I caught this specimen and he remarked that it could be longifalces, a new record but we will have to return to verify occurrence of this species in Venetia. This has a very bright cobalt blue sheen and much larger than most of the other Lepidochrysops.50mm wing tip to wing tip.
Date:   2010-11-18 21:49:09
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Silvia Mecenero
Comment:   Henning: It was just a slightly aberrant L. glauca female. We caught males later.
Date:   2010-11-22 14:59:11
Species name:   Lepidochrysops glauca -- Silvery giant cupid; Ysblou ratsbloutjie
Species code:   466520

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