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 lycegenes – Mooi River opalChrysoritis lyncurium – Tsomo River opal or Tsomo River copperChrysoritis midas – Midas opalChrysoritis natalensis – Natal opalChrysoritis phosphor – scarce 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 felthami – Feltham's opalChrysoritis pyroeis – sand-dune opal
The thysbe species group:Chrysoritis adonis – Adonis opalChrysoritis aridus – Namaqua opalChrysoritis azurius – azure opalChrysoritis beaufortius – Beaufort's opalChrysoritis beulah – Beulah's opalChrysoritis blencathrae – Waaihoek opalChrysoritis braueri – Brauer's opalChrysoritis brooksi Riley, 1938 – Brook's opalChrysoritis chrysaor – golden copper or burnished opalChrysoritis daphne – Daphne's opalChrysoritis endymion – Endymion opalChrysoritis irene – Irene's opalChrysoritis nigricans – dark opalChrysoritis orientalis – eastern opalChrysoritis palmus – water opalChrysoritis pan – Pan opalChrysoritis pelion – Machacha opalChrysoritis penningtoni – Pennington's opalChrysoritis perseus – Perseus opalChrysoritis plutus – Plutus opalChrysoritis pyramus – Pyramus opalChrysoritis rileyi – Riley's opalChrysoritis swanepoeli – Swanepoel's opalChrysoritis thysbe – opal copper or common opalChrysoritis trimeni – Trimen's opalChrysoritis turneri – Turner's opalChrysoritis uranus – Uranus opalChrysoritis violescens – violet opal
The zeuxo species group:Chrysoritis coetzeri Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 Chrysoritis cotrelli – Cotrell's daisy copper Chrysoritis zeuxo – jitterbug daisy copperChrysoritis zonarius – donkey daisy copper