Chrysoritis beaufortia subsp. charlesi, (Dickson 1970)
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https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.02 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15738718 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/744C87AA-E748-D74B-FCC3-27B97EC0FE36 |
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Felipe |
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Chrysoritis beaufortia subsp. charlesi |
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C. beaufortia charlesi (Dickson 1970) ,
Poecilmitis beaufortia charlesi Dickson, 1970: 93 View in CoL .
Holotype: NHM, London. Type locality: “Quagga Fontein, 25 miles N.W of Sutherland” .
Although variable, this is a much darker subspecies, often with an almost black forewing. It occurs on upper montane slopes from its type locality on the Roggeveldberge close to the NC Province and Tankwa Karoo boundary and northward to Kieske Mt. (within 17 km of Hantamsberg, Calvinia).
Host ant and host plant as in nominate subspecies.
Conservation status: LC – Rare.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Papilionoidea |
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Chrysoritis beaufortia subsp. charlesi
| Heath, Alan 2023 |
Poecilmitis beaufortia charlesi
| Dickson 1970: 93 |