Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
A range-restricted endemic from the southern Drakensberg mountain range and foothills in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa (EOO 476 km<sup>2</sup>). The two locations are within 70 km of each other. The Bushman's Nek area has three subpopulations within 20 km of each other in mountainous terrain. There are large areas of the southern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg which have not been explored, suggesting that the population of this butterfly is probably significantly larger than the records suggest. The taxon thus qualifies globally under the IUCN criteria as Least Concern and is nationally classified as Rare (Restricted Range).
Distribution
Endemic to the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in South Africa, occurring between Bushman's Nek west of Underberg in the east and Matatiele near Kokstad further west.
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