Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   690
Province:   North West
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2527CD
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2007-12-20
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   471170
Species name:   Spialia ferax
Common name:   Striped sandman -- Gewone sandmannetjie
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-690
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 690 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Can't ID them without an underside. It might also be two species. The bottom one looks very much like S.diomus but the back one looks different.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   I agree. The one at the back looks more like S.diomus ferax to me, the one in front is almst certainly S.mafa.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Spialia ferax -- Striped sandman; Gewone sandmannetjie
Species code:   471170
Comment number:   3
By:   Silvia Mecenero
Comment:   Has been split
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Spialia ferax -- Striped sandman; Gewone sandmannetjie
Species code:   471170
Comment number:   5
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:  
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Spialia ferax -- Striped sandman; Gewone sandmannetjie
Species code:   471170

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