| Poecilmitis endymion | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Poecilmitis |
| Species: | P. endymion |
| Binomial name | |
| Poecilmitis endymion (Pennington, 1962) |
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The Endymion Opal (Poecilmitis endymion) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa.
The wingspan is 30-34 mm for males and 30-38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January. There is one extended generation per year.[1]
The larvae feed on Thesium and Thesidium species. They are attended to by Crematogaster peringueyi ants.