Chrysoritis aridus (Pennington 1953)

Heath, Alan, 2023, Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) - Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision, Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 11-28 : 19

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.02
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15738369
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scientific name	Chrysoritis aridus (Pennington 1953)
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Chrysoritis aridus (Pennington 1953) .

Poecilmitis aridus Pennington 1953: 104 .

Holotype: Ditsong NM. Type locality: Kamiesberg Mts. , Namaqualand .

Lacks iridescence or structural colouring. MPT: low to medium elevation slopes, gullies and depressed areas. Host ant: Crem. peringueyi . Juvenile stages illustrated in Clark & Dickson 1971: 207.

Taxonomy: Matrilineally, C. aridus is monophyletic and derived from C. pan (it is nested within C. pan in the COI tree); it is also closely related to C. williami and C. turneri , resembling the latter in lacking iridescence. See also C. turneri (below).

Conservation status: LC.