Chrysoritis thysbe

Opal copper
Possibly Chrysoritis thysbe
Possibly Chrysoritis thysbe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chrysoritis
Species:	C. thysbe
Binomial name
Chrysoritis thysbe (Linnaeus, 1764)
Synonyms
Papilio thysbe Linnaeus, 1764 Papilio nais Cramer, 1775 Papilio splendens Swainson, 1833 Phasis osbecki Aurivillius, 1882 Poecilmitis psyche Pennington, 1967 Poecilmitis bamptoni Dickson, 1976 Poecilmitis lyndseyae Henning, 1979 Poecilmitis thysbe schloszae Dickson, 1994 Poecilmitis whitei Dickson, 1994 Poecilmitis mithras Pringle, 1995

Chrysoritis thysbe, the opal copper or common opal, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 23–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round with peaks in October and March.

The larvae feed on Chrysanthemoides incana, C. monilifera, Osteospermum polygaloides, Lebeckia plukenetiana, Aspalathus, Zygophyllum and Thesium species. They are attended to by Crematogaster peringueyi ants.

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