Chrysoritis
| Chrysoritis | |
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| Chrysoritis pan lysander | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoritis Butler, [1897][1] |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Bowkeria Quickelberge, 1972 | |
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
Species of the genus 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) – Drakensberg Copper or Drakensberg Daisy Copper
The pyroeis species-group:
- Chrysoritis felthami (Trimen, 1904) – Feltham'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) – Azure 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
Poecilmitis
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