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Conservation Assessments: Lycaenidae: Chrysoritis - Durbaniella


Kevin N.A. Cockburn
Steve E. Woodhall
Dewidine Van Der Colff
Harald E.T. Selb
Fanie Rautenbach
Ernest L. Pringle
Andrew S. Morton
Graham A. Henning
Jeremy C.H. Dobson
Chris M. Dobson
Silvia Mecenero
Justin D. Bode
Jonathan B. Ball
Adrian J. Armstrong
Mark C. Williams
Domitilla C. Raimondo
André J. Coetzer
Bennie H. Coetzer
Hermann S. Staude
David A. Edge

Abstract

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This section contains the conservation assessments and Red Listings (all global) of the taxa assessed during the Southern African Lepidoptera Conservation Assessment (SALCA) project, ordered alphabetically by family and then by genus, species and subspecies. Details of the methods used can be found in the main article, with each assessment set out as follows:



  • Taxon scientific name followed by the describer of the taxon and the date.

  • English and Afrikaans common names.

  • Name of the assessor/ taxon author.

  • Red Listing with relevant categories and criteria, as per the IUCN Red Listing protocol (IUCN, 2017).

  • For those Least Concern taxa which are rare, their rarity category is also given.

  • Also indicated are those taxa endemic to the South Africa.

  • Taxon images are arranged with males above and females below (upper side and underside). Specimen label data and photo credits are tabulated on pages 155–160.

  • Seasonality table: This table shows the months of occurrence of the taxon, starting August and ending July. Each month is divided into quarters. Quarters for which there are Accepted records are highlighted in grey.

  • Distribution map: The map’s extent is for South Africa. Data points are displayed for Accepted and Locally Extinct records. The following key is used for each data point:






Red List category




Symbol






EX (also if a taxon is locally extinct)



Black



CR‒PE



Dark purple



CR



Red



EN



Orange



VU



Yellow



NT



Mustard



DD



Lilac



LC (rare categories)



Blue



LC



Green




  • Type locality: As originally stated by the describer.

  • Taxonomy: Highlighting any relevant taxonomic issues.

  • Distribution: A description of the taxon’s distribution.

  • Habitat: A description of the taxon’s habitat.

  • Vegetation types: The vegetation types where the taxon is found, based on the 2018 vegetation map (SANBI, 2018), for records flagged as both Accepted and Locally Extinct. For those sites where the taxon is locally extinct, the vegetation types are given in parentheses.

  • Assessment rationale: The assessment rationale provides information which justifies the Red Listing and related categories and criteria.

  • Change in status from the Southern African Butterfly Conservation Assessment (SABCA): For those taxa where the Red Listing changed from the previous SABCA assessment of 2012 (Mecenero et al., 2013), an evaluation is given of whether or not the change in status is genuine or non-genuine.

  • Threats: A description of any threats relevant to the taxon.

  • Conservation measures and research required: Any conservation measures or research required are mentioned here, where relevant.

  • Relevant literature: Taxon-specific references published since SABCA are listed in this field, where applicable. The key references listed below were perused for all assessments.

  • An example of citing a specific conservation assessment:


“Woodhall, S.E. 2020. Abantis bicolor. pp. 34–35 In: Mecenero et al. 2020. Outcomes of the Southern African Lepidoptera Conservation Assessment (SALCA). Metamorphosis 31(4): 1–160”.



  • Abbreviations:


AOO:       Area of occupancy


CR:           Critically Endangered


CR–PE:    Critically Endangered – Possibly Extinct


DD:          Data Deficient


EN:           Endangered


EOO:        Extent of occurrence


EX:           Extinct


LC:           Least Concern


NT:           Near Threatened


VU:          Vulnerable


RELEVANT LITERATURE


The relevant literature listed below applies to all the conservation assessments. Literature applying only to specific taxa is given after each conservation assessment.


HENNING, G.A., TERBLANCHE, R.F. & BALL, J.B. (eds) 2009. South African Red Data Book: butterflies. SANBI Biodiversity Series Pretoria, South African National Biodiversity Institute. 13: 1–158.


IUCN. 2017. Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 13. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee. Download from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf


MECENERO, S., BALL, J.B., EDGE, D.A., HAMER, M.L., HENNING, G.A., KRÜGER, M., PRINGLE, E.L., TERBLANCHE, R.F. & WILLIAMS, M.C. 2013. Conservation Assessment of Butterflies of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland: Red List and Atlas. Saftronics (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg & Animal Demography Unit, Cape Town.


PRINGLE, E.L., HENNING, G.A. & BALL, J.B. (eds) 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of southern Africa. 2nd Edition. Cape Town, Struik-Winchester. 1–800, 210 pls.


SANBI. 2018 Beta Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (Shapefile) [vector geospatial dataset] 2018. https://bgis.sanbi.org/SpatialDataset/Detail/669 (Accessed on 28 June 2020).


WILLIAMS, M.C. 2019. Afrotropical Butterflies Encyclopaedia. http://www.metamorphosis.org.za/?p=articles&s=atb


WOODHALL, S.E. 2020. Field guide to butterflies of South Africa (2nd Edn). Penguin Books South Africa.


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