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T1 USE OF GIS AND MICROHABITAT PREDICTORS FOR POSSIBLE SITE OCCUPANCY OF THE HEIDELBERG OPAL BUTTERFLY (CHRYSORITIS AUREUS) W ITHIN GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA
A1 N.P. Faria
A1 M.D. Panagos
A1 W.J. Myburgh
A1 R. Deysel
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 29
IS 3
SP 894
OP 898
YR 2019
FD 2019/06/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>The Heidelberg Opal butterfly (<em>Chrysoritis aureus</em>) is currently classified as endangered with a total of nine known localities in Gauteng. Recent work on the fine scale habitat requirements of&nbsp;<em>C. aureus</em>&nbsp;provided the opportunity to expand the search for additional suitable habitats for this species in the Gauteng Province, using GIS and current distribution databases. A topographical base map and overlays of food plant (<em>Clutia pulchella</em>), host cocktail ant (<em>Crematogaster liengmei</em>) distributions and geology (Ventersdorp Supergroup) were used to determine possible additional sites suitable for&nbsp;<em>C. aureus</em>. Eight potentially suitable sites were identified. Four of these sites where transformed by mining activities and thus excluded. One of the four remaining sites was deemed suitable for&nbsp;<em>C. aureus</em>&nbsp;as both the food plant&nbsp;<em>(C. pulchella)</em>&nbsp;and the host ant&nbsp;<em>(C. liengmei)&nbsp;</em>were present.&nbsp;<em>C. aureus</em>&nbsp;was not recorded at any of the other sites surveyed probably due to season of site visits (winter).</p>
K1 Chrysoritis aureus, habitat, Clutia pulchella, Crematogaster liengmei
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2019-JAPS-333