This endemic taxon has a restricted range and is known from only one locality near Graafwater in the Western Cape Province, South Africa (EOO 3 km<sup>2</sup>). The single subpopulation is bisected by a road, which is becoming busier, and the increasing traffic on it poses a higher risk for butterflies crossing the road. There is ongoing loss of this taxon's habitat to crop cultivation, in particular Rooibos Tea. Surveys in the area have not yielded additional localities. The taxon thus qualifies globally under the IUCN criteria as Critically Endangered under criterion B. The previous assessment listed this taxon as data deficient. Several surveys have taken place over the last 5 years and there is still only one known locality This colony is threatened by farming and a busy road and the status of the taxon is thus changed to Critically Endangered (non-genuine change).
Distribution
Endemic to the Western Cape Province in South Africa, found in a single locality near Graafwater.
This taxon has lost most of its habitat and continues to lose habitat to Rooibos Tea and Potato farming activities. This habitat loss for crop cultivation is increasing at a rapid pace in the general area. Traffic on the road bisecting the colony is becoming heavier as farming activity in the area and recreation in the nearby coastal towns of Lambert's Bay and Eland's Bay are increasing.
Conservation
Areas surrounding this taxon's locality, which were historically considered as somewhere that you could not farm successfully, have now been ploughed up to plant Rooibos tea. Farmers farming on land where this taxon occurs should be alerted to its existence in order to prevent potential threats to it remaining habitat.
