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Chrysoritis

Chrysoritis
Chrysoritis pan lysander (hantamsbergae).jpg
C. pan subsp. lysander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chrysoritis
Butler, [1897]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Bowkeria Quickelberge, 1972
  • Nais Swainson, 1833 (non Müller, 1771; preoccupied)
  • Oxychaeta Tite & Dickson, 1973
  • Poecilmitis Butler, 1899

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Chrysoritis, commonly called opals or coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the Lycaenidae family found mainly in southern Africa and particularly South Africa.

Species of the genus include:

The chrysaor species group:

The chrysantas species group:

The oreas species group:

The pyroeis species group:

The thysbe species group:

The zeuxo species group:

Formerly separated in genus Poecilmitis:


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