Chrysoritis brooksi subsp. tearei, (Dickson 1966)

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

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 ). 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).

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Figure 16 – C. brooksi-rileyi hybrid (Brandvlei Dam).