Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

LepiMAP:   308277
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530BD
Observer:   CW Wykeham
Date of record:   1983-12-20
Number of photos:   0
Notes:  
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   443770
Species name:   Durbania amakosa ayresi
Common name:   Amakoza rocksitter -- Witkol Amakoza klipsitter
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   LepSoc
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-308277
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map

There are no photos available for this record.

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Jonathan Ball
Comment:   The locality of Nelspruit is inaccurate. Many of the localities given by this collector are \'opaque\' and a rather general locality given. Specimen is D. amakosa ayresi from Mpumalanga.
Date:   2010-08-19 21:52:29
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Jonathan Ball
Comment:   The locality of Nelspruit is inaccurate. Many of the localities given by this collector are 'opaque.' Specimen is D. amakosa ayresi from Mpumalanga.
Date:   2010-08-19 21:50:00
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Silvia Mecenero
Comment:   as per Jonathans re-ID, but remians questionaable due to locality vagueness
Date:   2010-09-20 00:38:49
Species name:   Durbania amakosa ayresi -- Amakoza rocksitter; Witkol Amakoza klipsitter
Species code:   443770

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