Record details

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:   25473
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418BA
Observer:   Rautenbach F
Date of record:   2012-09-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   472880
Species name:   Kedestes barberae bunta
Common name:   Cape flats freckled ranger -- Kaapse Vlakte gevlekte wagtertjie
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Barber's ranger
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-25473
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:   Great record, if confirmed. From locality should be Kedestes barberae bunta (a Critically Endangered butterfly). Appears Strandfontein is the last known viable locality left on the Cape Peninsula. It is a narrow Cape Flats endemic.
Date:   2012-09-16 12:26:01
Species name:   Kedestes barberae bunta -- Cape flats freckled ranger; Kaapse Vlakte gevlekte wagtertjie
Species code:   472880
Comment number:   2
By:   Mark Williams
Comment:  
Date:   2013-07-31 13:58:31
Species name:   Kedestes barberae bunta -- Cape flats freckled ranger; Kaapse Vlakte gevlekte wagtertjie
Species code:   472880

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