Conservation Assessments: Lycaenidae: Erikssonia - Lepidochrysops

Abstract

Issue consists of one article divided into downloadable PDFs.

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. 2^nd 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 (2^nd Edn). Penguin Books South Africa.