Chrysoritis

Chrysoritis
C. pan subsp. lysander
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Chrysoritis
Butler, [1897]
Synonyms
  • Bowkeria Quickelberge, 1972
  • Nais Swainson, 1833 (non Müller, 1771; preoccupied)
  • Oxychaeta Tite & Dickson, 1973
  • Poecilmitis Butler, 1899

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

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