Trimenia wallengrenii ssp. wallengrenii(Wallengren’s Copper)

[Sebbe]

ANNUAL REPORT – COREL PROGRAMME April 2012 – March 2013

PROGRESS THIS YEAR (2012/2013)
Hasn’t been seen at its known localities for three years.
Searches have again concentrated around the Darling area this year, without success
Assessed during SABCA as “Possibly Extinct”.

PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR (2013/2014)

Continue searching in the Darling area
Establish a local management committee with the support of the Swartland Municipality.
Enlist the support of the farmers (landowners) at the previous known haunts of the butterfly.
Advertise the plight of the butterfly by producing and distributing brochures.

brentonbluetrust.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013.03.31-Annual-report-COREL-programme.pdf

[Sebbe]

ANNUAL REPORT – COREL PROGRAMME April 2014 – March 2015

PROGRESS THIS YEAR (2014/2015)
• Searches were conducted at the Kapokberg and the Contreberg near Darling in mid-September 2013,
without success.
• Another search, where the butterfly was recorded some 25 years ago, on the granitic hills north of
Mamre, was also unsuccessful (October 2013).

PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR (2015/2016)
• Continue searching in the Mamre - Darling area
• Enlist the support of the farmers (landowners) at the previous known haunts of the butterfly.
• Advertise the plight of the butterfly by producing and distributing brochures.

xerces.org/butterflysg/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015.03.31-Annual-report-COREL-programme-2014-2015.pdf

[Sebbe]

ANNUAL REPORT – COREL PROGRAMME April 2016 – March 2017

Trimenia wallengrenii wallengrenii
Custodian: Jonathan Ball
Flight period: September – November
Distribution: Hills south of Darling
PROGRESS THIS YEAR (2016/2017)
• No success in searching for the taxon this year
PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR (2017/2018)
• Continue searching in the Mamre - Darling area
• Enlist the support of the farmers (landowners) at the previous known haunts of the butterfly.
• Advertise the plight of the butterfly by producing and distributing brochures.
BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR
The custodian does not require any funding since he covers all these areas in the course of his other research.

www.brentonbluetrust.co.za/corel-programme/endangered-butterflies-and-moths/

[Sebbe]

PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE COREL PROGRAMME DURING 2017/ 2018.

Efforts to locate new localities for Chrysoritis thysbe schloszae, Stygionympha dicksoni, Trimenia malagrida malagrida, Trimenia malagrida paarlensis and Trimenia wallengrenii wallengrenii have not yet met with any success.

www.brentonbluetrust.co.za/corel-reports/

[Sebbe]

CUSTODIANS REPORTS FOR THE COREL TAXA – MARCH 2019 TO MARCH 2020.

Trimenia wallengrenii wallengrenii Custodian: Jonathan Ball Likely extinct - not seen.

www.brentonbluetrust.co.za/corel-reports/

[koeiyabe]

speciesstatus.sanbi.org/assessment/last-assessment/416/

Last seen in 2003.