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LepiMAP:   4841
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2629CC
Observer:   Van Rensburg J.
Date of record:   2008-12-27
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   There were a few blackeye butterflies flying about, and they were sitting on dry ground and succulent. It was partly cloudy. I think they are Henning's, based on the angular hind-corner of the fore-wing (if I understood the guidebook right)
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   454330
Species name:   Leptomyrina gorgias gorgias
Common name:   Lilac-based black-eye -- Silwer swartogie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   QUESTIONABLE
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-4841
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4841 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4841 - photo: 2
VM-number: 4841 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2009-04-10 22:39:50
Species name:   Leptomyrina henningi henningi -- Plain black-eye; Vaal swartogie
Species code:   454380
Comment number:   2
By:   Harald Selb
Comment:   Lovely photos I will opt for L.gorgias gorgias also by area of observation
Date:   2009-08-11 15:49:44
Species name:   Leptomyrina gorgias gorgias -- Lilac-based black-eye; Silwer swartogie
Species code:   454330

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