Chrysoritis pan subsp. atlantica, (Dickson 1966)

Heath, Alan, 2023, Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) - Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision, Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 11-28 : 18

C. pan atlantica (Dickson 1966) .

Poecilmitis atlantica Dickson 1966: 181 .

Holotype: NHM, London. Type locality: “ Lange Valley , S.E of Lambert’s Bay ” .

Widespread, occurring in non-arid areas from Leipoldtville northwards to the W. Province boundary and eastwards to Leeu-Gamka. Host ant: Crem. peringueyi . Hindwing verso well marked, in contrast to that of C. pan pan and C. pan henningi . Chrysoritis pan atlantica occupies most of the range taken up by the former C. pan lysander , a now obsolete name. Specimens formerly answering to C. pan lysander (from Garies northwards) are here reassigned as C. lysander and C. williami ; thus specimens south of the Kamiesberg and south of latitude ~ 30.6° S no longer carry the nomen lysander , but are reclassified as C. pan atlantica . Our mtDNA dataset for specimens resembling C. pan atlantica includes samples from Leipoldtville, Lamberts Bay, Ruitersvlei.se.mond, Calvinia, Fraserburg, and Leeu-Gamka. Chrysoritis pan atlantica is sympatric with C. pan pan in the area from Leipoldtville to Lambert’s Bay. In this and surrounding areas, they intermingle and merge, resulting in intermediate forms.