| Dickson's Copper | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoritis |
| Species: | C. dicksoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysoritis dicksoni (Gabriel, 1947) |
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Dickson's Copper or Dickson's Strandveld Copper (Chrysoritis dicksoni) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known inland from Witsand in a single spot in Fynbos. Previously, it was also found north of Cape Town. It is sometimes separated in the monotypic genus Oxychaeta.
The wingspan is 26-35 mm for males and 33-40 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late July to mid September. There is one generation per year.[1]
The larvae feed through trophallaxis from Cremogaster peringueyi ants.