Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

LepiMAP:   669432
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3320DB
Observer:   Rijsdijk I
Date of record:   2019-01-06
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   I think this is one of the Opals, but struggling to narrow the ID
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   457330
Species name:   Chrysoritis pan henningi
Common name:   Calitzdorp opal -- Swartberg Pan opaal
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Opal
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-669432
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 669432 - photo: 1
VM-number: 669432 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   For around the Ladismith area it is usually C. plutus or C. pan lysander or C. pan henningi. For me the underside is classical C. pan henningi.
Date:   2019-01-21 15:04:53
Species name:   Chrysoritis pan henningi -- Calitzdorp opal; Swartberg Pan opaal
Species code:   457330

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