A restricted endemic taxon from Limpopo Province, South Africa (EOO 752 km<sup>2</sup>). This taxon was previously listed as Data Deficient because of its small distribution. The 2013 assessment did not include the Ohrigstad record. The record identification was confirmed by G. Henning (pers. comm.), and the range of the taxon is therefore now considerably larger. There are few, if any, threats that could have a serious impact on the population size or the area of occurrence of the taxon. The taxon thus qualifies globally and nationally under the IUCN criteria as Least Concern. The main reason why the status has changed from the previous assessment is due to new distribution records being used. In the past, it was assessed only from records coming from Tubex and Chuniespoort area. During the current assessment, a new record from Ohrigstad was included and verified by the collector. This has increased the AOO and EOO dramatically. While there are still some gaps in the distribution, the range and potentially suitable habitat where this taxon is now found will not justify any threatened status. The first assessment should therefore have also been Least Concern, therefore the status change from Data Deficient to Least Concern is not genuine.
Distribution
Endemic to Limpopo Province in South Africa, from the western Wolkberg near Chuniespoort to Ohrigstad.
Although the taxon has a restricted range, it currently faces no threats. Specimens often frequent steep rocky slopes where neither fire nor livestock grazing is a notable threat.
Conservation
There are no verified records of the taxon since 1994. Surveys need to be undertaken at the known localities as well as in the area between Ohrigstad and Tubex. Visits to Chuniespoort and Tubex have shown that there are still large stretches of suitable habitat, but they took place at the wrong time of year to encounter the taxon.
[@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}
}
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