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LepiMAP:   36946
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430BD
Observer:   Solomon D
Date of record:   2011-06-20
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Feeding on Euphorbia cooperi
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   463950
Species name:   Leptotes sp.
Common name:  
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Babault's Blue
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-36946
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 36946 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Can't tell from the colouring although it looks like the one in my book... that was IDed later from its genitalia. All we can do is ID it as Leptotes sp.
Date:   2013-12-04 19:29:15
Species name:   Leptotes sp.
Species code:   463950

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