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Chrysoritis (Copper)

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Chrysoritis adonis (Adonis Opal) (Endangered)
Chrysoritis azurius (Azur Opal)
Chrysoritis blencathrae (Waaihoek Opal)
Chrysoritis coetzeri
Chrysoritis cotrelli
Chrysoritis daphne (Daphne's Opal)
Chrysoritis felthami (Feltham's Opal)
Chrysoritis nigricans (Dark Opal)
Chrysoritis oreas (Drakensberg copper)
Chrysoritis pan (Pan Opal)
Chrysoritis phosphor
Chrysoritis pyramus (Pyramus Opal)
Chrysoritis pyroeis (Sand-dune Opal)
Chrysoritis rileyi (Riley's Opal) (Endangered)
Chrysoritis thysbe (Opal copper)
Chrysoritis trimeni (Trimen's Opal) (Vulnerable)
Chrysoritis turneri (Turner's Opal)
Chrysoritis violescens (Violet Opal)
Chrysoritis zeuxo (jitterbug daisy copper)
Chrysoritis zonarius (Donkey Daisy Copper)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0