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LepiMAP:   26696
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2428AD
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2012-11-29
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   in vegetated drainage line alongside gravel road, ca 200 - 300 m from a wetland habitat which lies upstream from a farm dam - possibly the northern most record of this species in South Africa
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   471640
Species name:   Metisella meninx
Common name:   Marsh sylph -- Moeras walsertjie
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Marsh Sylph
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-26696
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 26696 - photo: 1
VM-number: 26696 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:  
Date:   2012-11-30 16:43:26
Species name:   Metisella meninx -- Marsh sylph; Moeras walsertjie
Species code:   471640
Comment number:   2
By:   Mark Williams
Comment:  
Date:   2013-03-26 14:44:30
Species name:   Metisella meninx -- Marsh sylph; Moeras walsertjie
Species code:   471640

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