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LepiMAP:   12836
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431AD
Observer:   Sharp I.C. & Sharp A.
Date of record:   2009-08-09
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   A pair of woolly legs feeding on oozing latex from the developing fruits of Euphorbia cooperii
Last updated:   2014-07-16 17:08:06
Sp. code:   440210
Species name:   Lachnocnema bibulus
Common name:   Common woolly legs -- Wolpootjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-12836
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 12836 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Nice ones
Date:   2010-06-09 23:06:14
Species name:   Lachnocnema bibulus -- Common woolly legs; Wolpootjie
Species code:   440210
Comment number:   2
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:  
Date:   2012-08-06 10:56:47
Species name:   Lachnocnema bibulus -- Common woolly legs; Wolpootjie
Species code:   440210

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