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LepiMAP:   17058
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430DB
Observer:   Sharp I.C. & Sharp A.
Date of record:   2011-03-15
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Female busy ovipositing near lichens on tree bark with male constantly in attendance
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   442180
Species name:   Pentila tropicalis tropicalis
Common name:   Spotted buff -- Spikkel geelvlerkie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Spotted pentila
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-17058
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17058 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17058 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Wow you are lucky. Any change of posting some eggs to me?
Date:   2011-04-10 17:15:49
Species name:   Pentila tropicalis fuscipunctata -- Spotted buff; Venda spikkel geelvlerkie
Species code:   442200
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Verified by A. Coetzer
Date:   2017-12-18 17:35:41
Species name:   Pentila tropicalis tropicalis -- Spotted buff; Spikkel geelvlerkie
Species code:   442180

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