Chrysoritis brooksi, Riley 1938: 241

Heath, Alan, 2023, Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) - Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision, Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 11-28 : 24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.4314/met.v34i1.02

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/744C87AA-E74A-D749-FF78-22867EF5FB59

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Chrysoritis brooksi
status

 

brooksi Riley 1938: 241 . Holotype: NHM, London. Type locality: Nr. Philadelphia, Cape Prov. A mid and low elevation insect. MPT: low elevation slopes and flat ground. Host ant: Crem. peringueyi . Juvenile stage: Fig. 15 View Figure 15 .

Taxonomy: Supported by CAD and COI data. Monophyletic in the COI tree (100%) with the inclusion of a brooksi-endymion hybrid. In the CAD tree, all C. brooksi samples (n = 2 but not the hybrid sample) are clustered and have identical sequences for 659/745 bp. Conservation status of C. b. brooksi : LC.

C. brooksi tearei (Dickson 1966) . Poecilmitis brooksi tearei Dickson 1966 . Holotype: NHM, London. Type locality: East of Riversdale. Low elevation insect. MPT: flat ground. Host ant: Crem. peringueyi . Conservation status of this subspecies: EN.

C. brooksi-rileyi hybrid (sample AH12C011, Fig. 16 View Figure 16 ). This specimen was taken on flat ground at Brand Vlei Worcester from a concentrated population of C. rileyi and where C. b. brooksi occurs sparsely. Its wing facies are wholly typical of C. rileyi but it is placed among the C. brooksi in the COI tree. Sample C011 is treated here as a brooksi-rileyi hybrid. This hypothesis is supported by the CAD tree, where the hybrid clusters with both C. rileyi and C. endymion samples (726/745 bp overlap).

Chrysoritis swanepoeli (Dickson 1965) . Poecilmitis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lycaenidae

Genus

Chrysoritis

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