Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
An endemic taxon from Limpopo Province in South Africa (EOO 2 416 km<sup>2</sup>). Listed nationally as rare in 2013 but new data collected over the past five years shows that this taxon has a wider occurrence along the Soutpansberg than was previously known. The taxon thus qualifies globally under the IUCN criteria as Least Concern.
Distribution
Endemic to Limpopo Province in South Africa, occurring in the Soutpansberg Mountain range from Vivo in the west to Mphaphuli in the east.
This taxon does not readily disperse from its forest habitat and, because the mountain range largely consists of unsuitable habitat, it is estimated that there are about 10 subpopulations.
Threats
Housing developments along the eastern end of the mountain could have a small impact on subpopulations in that area, but this is not suspected to cause significant declines in the numbers of the population as a whole.
[@book{772,
address = {Johannesburg &Cape Town},
author = {Mecenero, S., Ball, J.B., Edge, D.A., Hamer, M.L., Henning, G.A., Krüger, M., Pringle, E.L., Terblanche, R.F. & Williams, M.C. (eds)},
publisher = {Saftronics (pty) Ltd and Animal Demography Unit, University of Cape Town},
title = {Conservation assessment of butterflies of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland: Red List and Atlas.},
year = {2013}
}
,@article{772,
author = {SANBI},
journal = {South African National Biodiversity Institute},
pages = {0},
title = { Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland [vector geospatial dataset] 2012. Available from the Biodiversity GIS website.},
volume = {0},
year = {2012}
}
,]
