Chrysoritis penningtoni (Riley 1938)

Heath, Alan, 2023, Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) - Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision, Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 11-28 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.02
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15747059
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scientific name	Chrysoritis penningtoni (Riley 1938)
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Chrysoritis penningtoni (Riley 1938) .

Poecilmitis penningtoni Riley 1938: 239 .

Holotype: NHM, London. Type locality: “Gaika’s Kop” .

Host plant: Thesium sp. Host ant: no data. MPT: upper montane slopes; “hollows in rocky outcrops” ( Woodhall, 2020). This species (n = 2) is sister to all other species in mt clade 4 in the COI tree.

Conservation status: VU.