Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
This was an endemic species from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It was only recorded from three females captured by Colonel J.H. Bowker near "Fort Bowker" ... "at the end of December 1863". Numerous undocumented surveys, by a number of butterfly collectors over the last century, for this taxon have been unsuccessful. The taxon thus qualifies globally under the IUCN criteria as Extinct.
Distribution
Was endemic to the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa, recorded only from a single, fairly remote and obscure locality near Fort Bowker overlooking the Mbashe River.
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