Chrysoritis penningtoni, Riley 1938: 239

Heath, Alan, 2023, Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) - Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision, Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 11-28 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.4314/met.v34i1.02
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scientific name	Chrysoritis penningtoni
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penningtoni Riley 1938: 239 . Holotype: NHM, London. Type locality: “Gaika’s Kop”. Host plant: Thesium sp. Host ant: no data. MPT: upper montane slopes; “hollows in rocky outcrops” ( Woodhall, 2020). This species (n = 2) is sister to all other species in mt clade 4 in the COI tree. Conservation status: VU.

Chrysoritis braueri (Pennington, 1967) Poecilmitis braueri Pennington, 1967: 122 View in CoL . Holotype: Ditsong NM. Type locality: Madeira Hill, Queenstown Dist. MPT: montane gullies. Host ants: Crem. gallicola . For notes on juvenile stages see Heath et al. (2008: 132). A final instar larva is illustrated in Fig. 19 View Figure 19 ; egg and 1 st instar illustrated in Clark & Dickson (1971: 195). Conservation status: LC. Chrysoritis orientalis (Swanepoel, 1976) , Poecilmitis orientalis Swanepoel, 1976: 119 View in CoL . Holotype: Ditsong NM. Type locality: Boesmansnek, Nr. Underberg. MPT: upper montane, ledges in rocky outcrops ( Woodhall, 2020). Host ant: Crem. castanea .

Taxonomy: Despite having vaguely similar facies, C. orientalis View in CoL (n = 2) and C. pelion View in CoL (n = 1) are not matrilineally closely related. Conservation status: LC – Rare.