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LepiMAP:   14587
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530AB
Observer:   Webb P; Laurie Webb
Date of record:   2010-09-08
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Very territorial, would sit on edge of leaves and chase anything that came past, strange as I think this is a female.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   455940
Species name:   Capys alpheus extentus
Common name:   Orange banded protea -- Verdwaalde oranjeband suikerbossie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Protea scarlet
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-14587
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 14587 - photo: 1
VM-number: 14587 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Peter Webb
Comment:  
Date:   2011-05-08 15:33:42
Species name:   Capys alpheus alpheus -- Orange banded protea; Oranjeband suikerbossie
Species code:   455930
Comment number:   2
By:   Kevin Cockburn
Comment:  
Date:   2011-09-04 11:11:31
Species name:   Capys alpheus extentus -- Orange banded protea; Verdwaalde oranjeband suikerbossie
Species code:   455940

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