Chrysoritis azurius (Swanepoel 1975)

Heath, Alan, 2023, Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) - Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision, Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 11-28 : 20

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.02
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15738375
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scientific name	Chrysoritis azurius (Swanepoel 1975)
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Chrysoritis azurius (Swanepoel 1975) .

Poecilmitis azurius Swanepoel 1975 .

Holotype: Ditsong NM. Type locality: Roggeveld Mts.

MPT: submontane gullies. Host ant: Crem. peringueyi and Crem. melanogaster . Populations occurring in the Sutherland district, Middelpos, Nieuwoudtville, and Keiskie Road ( 20 km S of Calvinia) are deemed C. azurius . Material originally described as lysander hantamsbergae (Dickson) from near the summit of the Hantamsberg, Calvinia (not included in the study) may also answer to this taxon.

Taxonomy: This species is monophyletic in the COI tree (96%). Wing facies of C. lysander (n = 2) matches that of C. azurius (n = 9) but the network and COI phylogeny shows them to be distinct.

Conservation status: LC.