Chrysoritis

Chrysoritis, commonly called Opals or Coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the Lycaenidae family found mainly in southern Africa and particularly South Africa.^[2]

Species include^[3]

The chrysaor species-group:

• Chrysoritis aethon (Trimen, 1887) – Lydenburg Opal
• Chrysoritis aureus (van Son, 1966) – Heidelberg Copper or Golden Opal
• Chrysoritis chrysantas (Trimen, 1868) – Karoo Daisy Copper
• Chrysoritis lycegenes (Trimen, 1874) – Mooi River Opal
• Chrysoritis lyncurium (Trimen, 1868) – Tsomo River Opal or Tsomo River Copper
• Chrysoritis midas (Pennington, 1962) – Midas Opal
• Chrysoritis natalensis (van Son, 1966) – Natal Opal
• Chrysoritis phosphor (Trimen, 1866) – Scarce Scarlet or Golden Flash

The chrysantas species-group:

• Chrysoritis chrysantas (Trimen, 1868)

The oreas species-group:

• Chrysoritis dicksoni (Gabriel, 1947) – Dickson's Copper or Dickson's Strandveld Copper
• Chrysoritis oreas (Trimen, 1891) – Drakensburg Copper or Drakensburg Daisy Copper

The pyroeis species-group:

• Chrysoritis felthami (Trimen, 1904) – Feltman's Opal
• Chrysoritis pyroeis (Trimen, 1864) – Sand-dune Opal

The thysbe species-group:

• Chrysoritis adonis (Pennington, 1962) – Adonis Opal
• Chrysoritis aridus (Pennington, 1953) – Namaqua Opal
• Chrysoritis azurius (Swanepoel, 1975) – Azur Opal
• Chrysoritis beaufortius (Dickson, 1966) – Beaufort's Opal
• Chrysoritis beulah (Quickelberge, 1966) – Beulah's Opal
• Chrysoritis blencathrae (Heath & Ball, 1992) – Waaihoek Opal
• Chrysoritis braueri (Pennington, 1967) – Brauer's Opal
• Chrysoritis brooksi Riley, 1938 – Brook's Opal
• Chrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864) – Golden Copper or Burnished Opal
• Chrysoritis daphne (Dickson, 1975) – Daphne's Opal
• Chrysoritis endymion (Pennington, 1962) – Endymion Opal
• Chrysoritis irene (Pennington, 1968) – Irene's Opal
• Chrysoritis nigricans (Aurivillius, 1924) – Dark Opal
• Chrysoritis orientalis (Swanepoel, 1976) – Eastern Opal
• Chrysoritis palmus (Stoll, [1781]) – Water Opal
• Chrysoritis pan (Pennington, 1962) – Pan Opal
• Chrysoritis pelion (Pennington, 1953) – Machacha Opal
• Chrysoritis penningtoni (Riley, 1938) – Pennington's Opal
• Chrysoritis perseus (Henning, 1977) – Perseus Opal
• Chrysoritis plutus (Pennington, 1967) – Plutus Opal
• Chrysoritis pyramus (Pennington, 1953) – Pyramus Opal
• Chrysoritis rileyi (Dickson, 1966) – Riley's Opal
• Chrysoritis swanepoeli (Dickson, 1965) – Swanepoel's Opal
• Chrysoritis thysbe (Linnaeus, 1764) – Opal Copper or Common Opal
• Chrysoritis trimeni (Riley, 1938) – Trimen's Opal
• Chrysoritis turneri (Riley, 1938) – Turner's Opal
• Chrysoritis uranus (Pennington, 1962) – Uranus Opal
• Chrysoritis violescens (Dickson, 1971) – Violet Opal

The zeuxo species-group:

• Chrysoritis coetzeri Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 (may be included in C. zonarius)^[2]
• Chrysoritis cotrelli – Cotrell's Daisy Copper (may be included in C. zeuxo)^[2]
• Chrysoritis zeuxo (Linnaeus, 1764) – Jitterbug Daisy Copper
• Chrysoritis zonarius (Riley, 1938) – Donkey Daisy Copper

Formerly separated in genus, Poecilmitis:

• Poecilmitis adonis now C. adonis
• Poecilmitis aureus now C. aureus
• Poecilmitis azurius now C. azurius
• Poecilmitis balli now C. pyramus balli
• Poecilmitis daphne now C. daphne
• Poecilmitis endymion now C. endymion
• Poecilmitis henningi now C. pan henningi
• Poecilmitis hyperion now C. swanepoeli hyperion
• Poecilmitis irene now C. irene
• Poecilmitis kaplani now C. beaufortius stepheni
• Poecilmitis lyncurium now C. lyncurium
• Poecilmitis lyndseyae now C. thysbe bamptoni
• Poecilmitis orientalis now C. orientalis
• Poecilmitis pan now C. pan
• Poecilmitis penningtoni now C. penningtoni
• Poecilmitis pyramus now C. pyramus
• Poecilmitis rileyi now C. rileyi
• Poecilmitis stepheni now C. beaufortius stepheni
• Poecilmitis swanepoeli now C. swanepoeli
• Poecilmitis trimeni now C. trimeni
• Poecilmitis wykehami now C. turneri wykehami

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