Record details

:   766357
Province:   North Central
Country:   Nigeria
Locus:   NE_008008BC
Observer:   Atabo Lucky
Date of record:   2022-01-21
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-01-24 16:00:52
Sp. code:   473320
Species name:   Gorgyra sp.
Common name:  
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Prosopalpus?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-766357
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:   I think this is one of the Gorgyra spp. I have very few photo's of the West African species so cannot say which species this is. Gorgyra johnstoni (flies in DRC, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania etc.) also has the orange head with the black/dark wings. Look at Lepimap record 29056 for an example
Date:   2022-01-24 16:00:52
Species name:   Gorgyra sp.
Species code:   473320

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