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:
The chrysaor species group:Chrysoritis aethon – Lydenburg opalChrysoritis aureus – Heidelberg copper or golden opalChrysoritis lycegenesMooi River opalChrysoritis lyncuriumTsomo River opal or Tsomo River copperChrysoritis midas – Midas opalChrysoritis natalensis – Natal opalChrysoritis phosphorscarce scarlet or golden flash
The chrysantas species group:
The oreas species group:Chrysoritis dicksoni – Dickson's copper or Dickson's strandveld copperChrysoritis oreas – Drakensberg copper or Drakensberg daisy copper
The pyroeis species group:Chrysoritis felthamiFeltham's opalChrysoritis pyroeis – sand-dune opal
The thysbe species group:Chrysoritis adonis – Adonis opalChrysoritis aridusNamaqua opalChrysoritis azurius – azure opalChrysoritis beaufortius – Beaufort's opalChrysoritis beulahBeulah's opalChrysoritis blencathrae – Waaihoek opalChrysoritis braueri – Brauer's opalChrysoritis brooksi Riley, 1938 – Brook's opalChrysoritis chrysaorgolden copper or burnished opalChrysoritis daphne – Daphne's opalChrysoritis endymionEndymion opalChrysoritis irene – Irene's opalChrysoritis nigricans – dark opalChrysoritis orientalis – eastern opalChrysoritis palmus – water opalChrysoritis pan – Pan opalChrysoritis pelionMachacha opalChrysoritis penningtoni – Pennington's opalChrysoritis perseusPerseus opalChrysoritis plutusPlutus opalChrysoritis pyramus – Pyramus opalChrysoritis rileyi – Riley's opalChrysoritis swanepoeliSwanepoel's opalChrysoritis thysbeopal copper or common opalChrysoritis trimeniTrimen's opalChrysoritis turneri – Turner's opalChrysoritis uranusUranus opalChrysoritis violescens – violet opal
The zeuxo species group:Chrysoritis coetzeri Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 Chrysoritis cotrelli – Cotrell's daisy copper Chrysoritis zeuxojitterbug daisy copperChrysoritis zonariusdonkey daisy copper

''Poecilmitis''

Formerly separated in genus Poecilmitis:Poecilmitis adonis now C. adonisPoecilmitis aureus now C. aureusPoecilmitis azurius now C. azuriusPoecilmitis balli now C. pyramus balliPoecilmitis daphne now C. daphnePoecilmitis endymion now C. endymionPoecilmitis henningi now C. pan henningiPoecilmitis hyperion now C. swanepoeli hyperionPoecilmitis irene now C. irenePoecilmitis kaplani now C. beaufortius stepheniPoecilmitis lyncurium now C. lyncuriumPoecilmitis lyndseyae now C. thysbe bamptoniPoecilmitis orientalis now C. orientalisPoecilmitis pan now C. panPoecilmitis penningtoni now C. penningtoniPoecilmitis pyramus now C. pyramusPoecilmitis rileyi now C. rileyiPoecilmitis stepheni now C. beaufortius stepheniPoecilmitis swanepoeli now C. swanepoeliPoecilmitis trimeni now C. trimeniPoecilmitis wykehami now ''C. turneri wykehami''