Chrysoritis
# 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 (Trimen, 1887) – Lydenburg opal
* Chrysoritis aureus (van Son, 1966) – Heidelberg copper or golden opal
* Chrysoritis lycegenes (Trimen, 1874) – Mooi River opal
* Chrysoritis lyncurium (Trimen, 1868) – Tsomo River opal or Tsomo River copper
* Chrysoritis midas (Pennington, 1962) – Midas opal
* Chrysoritis natalensis (van Son, 1966) – Natal opal
* Chrysoritis phosphor (Trimen, 1866) – scarce scarlet or golden flash

The chrysantas species group:

* Chrysoritis chrysantas (Trimen, 1868) – Karoo daisy copper

The oreas species group:

* Chrysoritis dicksoni (Gabriel, 1947) – Dickson's copper or Dickson's strandveld copper
* Chrysoritis oreas (Trimen, 1891) – Drakensberg copper or Drakensberg daisy copper

The pyroeis species group:

* Chrysoritis felthami (Trimen, 1904) – Feltham's opal
* Chrysoritis pyroeis (Trimen, 1864) – sand-dune opal

The thysbe species group:

* Chrysoritis adonis (Pennington, 1962) – Adonis opal
* Chrysoritis aridus (Pennington, 1953) – Namaqua opal
* Chrysoritis azurius (Swanepoel, 1975) – azure opal
* Chrysoritis beaufortius (Dickson, 1966) – Beaufort's opal
* Chrysoritis beulah (Quickelberge, 1966) – Beulah's opal
* Chrysoritis blencathrae (Heath & Ball, 1992) – Waaihoek opal
* Chrysoritis braueri (Pennington, 1967) – Brauer's opal
* Chrysoritis brooksi Riley, 1938 – Brook's opal
* Chrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864) – golden copper or burnished opal
* Chrysoritis daphne (Dickson, 1975) – Daphne's opal
* Chrysoritis endymion (Pennington, 1962) – Endymion opal
* Chrysoritis irene (Pennington, 1968) – Irene's opal
* Chrysoritis nigricans (Aurivillius, 1924) – dark opal
* Chrysoritis orientalis (Swanepoel, 1976) – eastern opal
* Chrysoritis palmus (Stoll, [1781]) – water opal
* Chrysoritis pan (Pennington, 1962) – Pan opal
* Chrysoritis pelion (Pennington, 1953) – Machacha opal
* Chrysoritis penningtoni (Riley, 1938) – Pennington's opal
* Chrysoritis perseus (Henning, 1977) – Perseus opal
* Chrysoritis plutus (Pennington, 1967) – Plutus opal
* Chrysoritis pyramus (Pennington, 1953) – Pyramus opal
* Chrysoritis rileyi (Dickson, 1966) – Riley's opal
* Chrysoritis swanepoeli (Dickson, 1965) – Swanepoel's opal
* Chrysoritis thysbe (Linnaeus, 1764) – opal copper or common opal
* Chrysoritis trimeni (Riley, 1938) – Trimen's opal
* Chrysoritis turneri (Riley, 1938) – Turner's opal
* Chrysoritis uranus (Pennington, 1962) – Uranus opal
* Chrysoritis violescens (Dickson, 1971) – violet opal

The zeuxo species group:

* Chrysoritis coetzeri Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 (may be included in C. zonarius)
* Chrysoritis cotrelli – Cotrell's daisy copper (may be included in C. zeuxo)
* Chrysoritis zeuxo (Linnaeus, 1764) – jitterbug daisy copper
* Chrysoritis zonarius (Riley, 1938) – donkey daisy copper

## Poecilmitis

Formerly separated in genus Poecilmitis:

* Poecilmitis adonis now C. adonis
* Poecilmitis aureus now C. aureus
* Poecilmitis azurius now C. azurius
* Poecilmitis balli now C. pyramus balli
* Poecilmitis daphne now C. daphne
* Poecilmitis endymion now C. endymion
* Poecilmitis henningi now C. pan henningi
* Poecilmitis hyperion now C. swanepoeli hyperion
* Poecilmitis irene now C. irene
* Poecilmitis kaplani now C. beaufortius stepheni
* Poecilmitis lyncurium now C. lyncurium
* Poecilmitis lyndseyae now C. thysbe bamptoni
* Poecilmitis orientalis now C. orientalis
* Poecilmitis pan now C. pan
* Poecilmitis penningtoni now C. penningtoni
* Poecilmitis pyramus now C. pyramus
* Poecilmitis rileyi now C. rileyi
* Poecilmitis stepheni now C. beaufortius stepheni
* Poecilmitis swanepoeli now C. swanepoeli
* Poecilmitis trimeni now C. trimeni
* Poecilmitis wykehami now C. turneri wykehami
