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LepiMAP:   12658
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3223BA
Observer:   Theron S.
Date of record:   2010-04-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   There were only one. In the river near the lucerne. Maybe the same species as BCW2.
Last updated:   2019-06-06 14:08:08
Sp. code:   464605
Species name:   Zizeeria knysna knysna
Common name:   African grass blue -- Duwweltjie bloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-12658
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 12658 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Really cannot tell. Looks like an Orachrysops blue but without the underside I'd be purely guessing.
Date:   2010-05-23 20:38:28
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2019-06-06 14:08:08
Species name:   Zizeeria knysna knysna -- African grass blue; Duwweltjie bloutjie
Species code:   464605

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