Chrysoritis, commonly called 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:Chrysoritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
The chrysaor species group: Chrysoritis aethon (Trimen, 1887) – Lydenburg opal Chrysoritis aureus (van Son, 1966) – Heidelberg copper or golden opal 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) – Karoo daisy copper
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, ) – 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) Chrysoritis cotrelli – Cotrell's daisy copper (may be included in C. zeuxo) 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
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