| Tsomo River Copper | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Poecilmitis |
| Species: | P. lyncurium |
| Binomial name | |
| Poecilmitis lyncurium (Trimen, 1868) |
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The Tsomo River Copper or Tsomo River Opal (Poecilmitis lyncurium) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found from the northern East Cape to southern KwaZulu-Natal.
The wingspan is 21-24 mm for males and 23-26 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to January.[1]
The larvae feed on Myrsine and Diospyros species. They are attended to by Crematogaster ants.