Record details

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:   692582
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3424BB
Observer:   Darling D; Gregg Darling; Hillary and Alf Taylor
Date of record:   2019-09-08
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:23:30
Sp. code:   457300
Species name:   Chrysoritis palmus margueritae
Common name:   Water opal -- Tuinroete opaal
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   ? Turner's Amatola Opal
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-692582
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   A tough one to ID without seeing the upper side. Probably not Turneri, it prefers karoo or grass (eastern part of Eastern Cape). Not a lot of possibilities for this area. Maybe C. thysbe whitei, but I am leaning towards C. palmus margueritae.
Date:   2019-09-08 19:18:51
Species name:   Chrysoritis palmus margueritae -- Water opal; Tuinroete opaal
Species code:   457300

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