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LepiMAP:   3675
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CD
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2008-10-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Alt. 1474 m asl. cf. Peppered Hopper.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   476730
Species name:   Platylesches ayresii
Common name:   Peppered hopper -- Gepeperde springertjie
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-3675
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3675 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Could also be P.dolomitica, but it is very rare. Need the upperside to be sure.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Platylesches ayresii -- Peppered hopper; Gepeperde springertjie
Species code:   476730
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Platylesches ayresii -- Peppered hopper; Gepeperde springertjie
Species code:   476730

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