Chrysoritis

''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, 781 – 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''

References

Butterflies of Africa
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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