Chrysoritis beaufortia (Dickson 1966)

Heath, Alan, 2023, Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) - Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision, Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 11-28 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.02
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15747053
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scientific name	Chrysoritis beaufortia (Dickson 1966)
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Chrysoritis beaufortia (Dickson 1966) .

Poecilmitis beaufortia Dickson 1966: 109 .

Holotype: NHM, London. Type locality: Nieuwveld Mts . MPT: montane prominences. Host ant: Crem. peringueyi ; larval host plant Dimorphotheca cuneata Thunb.

Taxonomy: Monophyletic and well supported in the COI tree (100%). In the CAD tree, three of the four C. beaufortia samples form a well supported (99%) clade. Morphologically similar to C. stepheni (see below), and there is also overlap among all three subspecies.

C. beaufortia beaufortia . Appearance remarkably uniform, with prominent white interneural flecks at the margin of both wings. Although it is only known from the Nieuwveld Mountains near Beaufort West, a single worn specimen answering to this taxon was once taken from the Compassberg area in the Eastern Cape (E. Pringle).

Conservation status: LC.