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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Ernest Pringle
Facilitators: Mark Williams
Reviewers: Silvia Kirkman Domitilla Raimondo Rolf Oberprieler

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

A Drakensberg endemic species occurring in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa and in Lesotho (EOO 3 674 km<sup>2</sup>). The mountainous area where it occurs is largely inaccessible because of poor infrastructure and is therefore poorly explored. Also, its flight period is restricted, making it very difficult to detect. It is currently known from six subpopulations and there are likely to be many more. There is a slight threat of habitat degradation to the subpopulations in Lesotho. The taxon thus qualifies globally under the IUCN criteria as Least Concern.

Distribution

Occurs on the Drakensberg mountains in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa as well as in Lesotho, from Dulcies Nek near Barkly East in the south to the Maluti Mountains in Lesotho in the north.

Population trend

Trend

There is no information currently available.

Threats

There are threats from extensive subsistence farming and possible invasive plants.

References 

[@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}
}
,@book{772,
 address = {Pretoria},
 author = {Henning, G.A., Terblanche, R.F. & Ball, J.B. (eds)},
 publisher = {South African National Biodiversity Institute},
 title = {South African Red Data Book: butterflies. SANBI Biodiversity Series},
 year = {2009}
}
,@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}
}
,@book{882,
 address = {Cape Town, South Africa},
 author = {Woodhall, S.E.},
 publisher = {Struik},
 title = {Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa.},
 year = {2005}
}
,@book{882,
 address = {Cape Town},
 author = {Pringle, E.L., Henning, G.A. & Ball, J.B. (eds)},
 publisher = {Struik-Winchester},
 title = {Pennington's Butterflies of southern Africa.},
 year = {1994}
}
,]
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