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LepiMAP:   5746
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431AD
Observer:   Sharp I.C. & Sharp A.
Date of record:   2009-03-20
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2014-07-16 17:04:26
Sp. code:   463120
Species name:   Cupidopsis jobates jobates
Common name:   Tailed meadow blue -- Aasbloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-5746
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5746 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:  
Date:   2009-05-09 10:07:35
Species name:   Cupidopsis cissus cissus -- Meadow blue; Vleibloutjie
Species code:   463090
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Definitely not cissus; the orange patch is too big, this is a jobates that has lost its tails
Date:   2009-05-10 08:07:16
Species name:   Cupidopsis jobates jobates -- Tailed meadow blue; Aasbloutjie
Species code:   463120
Comment number:   3
By:   Jenny Norman
Comment:   I agree with Steve about the orange
Date:   2009-07-27 10:44:20
Species name:   Cupidopsis jobates jobates -- Tailed meadow blue; Aasbloutjie
Species code:   463120

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