Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   734582
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3222BC
Observer:   Stanton S
Date of record:   2020-12-30
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-01-26 10:03:19
Sp. code:   461500
Species name:   Anthene talboti
Common name:   Savanna ciliate blue -- Verskuilde kortstertjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-734582
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 734582 - photo: 1
VM-number: 734582 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Very worn specimen but definitely an Anthene species. Not A. definita or A. amarah and the only other possibility for this area is A. talboti. Last recorded in this area in 1966.
Date:   2021-01-03 18:44:46
Species name:   Anthene talboti -- Savanna ciliate blue; Verskuilde kortstertjie
Species code:   461500

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