Chrysoritis

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

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

Species of the genus include:

The chrysaor species group:

The chrysantas species group:

The oreas species group:

The pyroeis species group:

The thysbe species group:

The zeuxo species group:

Formerly separated in genus Poecilmitis:

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