Chrysoritis Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
Chrysoritis opals or coppers , is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in southern Africa and particularly South Africa.
Species
Species of the genus include:
The chrysaor
The chrysantas
The oreas
The pyroeis
The thysbe
Chrysoritis adonis (Pennington, 1962) – Adonis opalChrysoritis aridus (Pennington, 1953) – Namaqua opalChrysoritis azurius (Swanepoel, 1975) – azure opalChrysoritis beaufortius (Dickson, 1966) – Beaufort's opalChrysoritis beulah (Quickelberge, 1966) – Beulah's opalChrysoritis blencathrae (Heath & Ball, 1992) – Waaihoek opalChrysoritis braueri (Pennington, 1967) – Brauer's opalChrysoritis brooksi Riley, 1938 – Brook's opalChrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864) – golden copper or burnished opalChrysoritis daphne (Dickson, 1975) – Daphne's opalChrysoritis endymion (Pennington, 1962) – Endymion opalChrysoritis irene (Pennington, 1968) – Irene's opalChrysoritis nigricans (Aurivillius, 1924) – dark opalChrysoritis orientalis (Swanepoel, 1976) – eastern opalChrysoritis palmus (Stoll, [1781]) – water opalChrysoritis pan (Pennington, 1962) – Pan opalChrysoritis pelion (Pennington, 1953) – Machacha opalChrysoritis penningtoni (Riley, 1938) – Pennington's opalChrysoritis perseus (Henning, 1977) – Perseus opalChrysoritis plutus (Pennington, 1967) – Plutus opalChrysoritis pyramus (Pennington, 1953) – Pyramus opalChrysoritis rileyi (Dickson, 1966) – Riley's opalChrysoritis swanepoeli (Dickson, 1965) – Swanepoel's opalChrysoritis thysbe (Linnaeus, 1764) – opal copper or common opalChrysoritis trimeni (Riley, 1938) – Trimen's opalChrysoritis turneri (Riley, 1938) – Turner's opalChrysoritis uranus (Pennington, 1962) – Uranus opalChrysoritis violescens (Dickson, 1971) – violet opalThe zeuxo
Poecilmitis Formerly separated in genus Poecilmitis
References
↑ Genus Chrysoritis , Lepindex 1 2 3 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa . Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7 ↑ Chrysoritis Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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