Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   324790
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2628AD
Observer:   Terblanche RF & Edge DA
Date of record:   2004-11-00
Number of photos:   0
Notes:   Terblanche RF & Edge DA, 2007. The first record of an Orachrysops in Gauteng. Metamorphosis 18(4): 131-141.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   465490
Species name:   Orachrysops mijburghi
Common name:   Heilbron cupid -- Vleiland bloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-324790
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map

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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Dave Edge
Comment:   Exact co-ordinates are 26 25 47S and 28 15 45E; locality is Eendracht Road, Suikerbosrand.
Date:   2011-01-23 09:40:54
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Dave Edge
Comment:   This population is somewhat intermediate between O. mijburghi and O. lacrimosa. More investigation is necessary in order to assign it to the correct taxon. Refer to Terblanche & Edge 2007.
Date:   2011-01-23 09:45:47
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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