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LepiMAP:   89568
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929CC
Observer:   I. Migdoll
Date of record:   1979-12-08
Number of photos:   0
Notes:   Male
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   464400
Species name:   Tarucus bowkeri bowkeri
Common name:   Chequered pierrot -- Berg spikkelbloutjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   DMSA
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-89568
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:   Tarucus thespis does not occur in KZN. This is most likely to be T. bowkeri bowkeri, which is quite similar.
Date:   2010-10-21 11:06:15
Species name:   Tarucus bowkeri bowkeri -- Chequered pierrot; Berg spikkelbloutjie
Species code:   464400
Comment number:   2
By:   Silvia Mecenero
Comment:   As per Dave Edge re-id
Date:   2010-11-10 11:45:28
Species name:   Tarucus bowkeri bowkeri -- Chequered pierrot; Berg spikkelbloutjie
Species code:   464400

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