Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   10186
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2630AC
Observer:   Webb P.
Date of record:   2009-12-05
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   There was one other seen in grass.sunny day
Last updated:   2014-07-16 17:02:41
Sp. code:   463710
Species name:   Cacyreus fracta fracta
Common name:   Water geranium bronze -- Water malvabloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-10186
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10186 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:  
Date:   2012-08-06 10:56:47
Species name:   Cacyreus marshalli -- Common geranium bronze; Malvabloutjie
Species code:   463680
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Not sure though. The wing shape looks a bit too sharp to be C.marshalli, and the fact that it was found in a vlei supports C.fracta more than C.marshalli...but I can\'t get a 100% ID here.
Date:   2010-02-04 15:39:16
Species name:   Cacyreus fracta fracta -- Water geranium bronze; Water malvabloutjie
Species code:   463710
Comment number:   3
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2010-02-05 21:07:58
Species name:   Cacyreus fracta fracta -- Water geranium bronze; Water malvabloutjie
Species code:   463710

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