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LepiMAP:   13888
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431AD
Observer:   Purves M
Date of record:   2010-07-09
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Larva found inside the hollowed-out fruit of Deinbollia oblongifolia on 9 July. picture on fruit is on 14 July. Picture of the adult that emerged on ~ 9 August was taken on 11 August when released at the Bird Sanctuary. Fed on the seed of the Deinbollia fruit and pupated inside a hollow fruit.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   454520
Species name:   Deudorix dinochares
Common name:   Apricot playboy -- Appelkoos spelertjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Apricot Playboy
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-13888
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 13888 - photo: 1
VM-number: 13888 - photo: 2
VM-number: 13888 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Kevin Cockburn
Comment:   Food plant very interesting- Deinbollia
Date:   2011-09-04 12:26:37
Species name:   Deudorix dinochares -- Apricot playboy; Appelkoos spelertjie
Species code:   454520
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:  
Date:   2012-11-05 13:39:57
Species name:   Deudorix dinochares -- Apricot playboy; Appelkoos spelertjie
Species code:   454520

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