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:
Chrysoritis aethon (Trimen, 1887) – Lydenburg opalChrysoritis aureus (van Son, 1966) – Heidelberg copper or golden opalChrysoritis lycegenes (Trimen, 1874) – Mooi River opalChrysoritis lyncurium (Trimen, 1868) – Tsomo River opal or Tsomo River copperChrysoritis midas (Pennington, 1962) – Midas opalChrysoritis natalensis (van Son, 1966) – Natal opalChrysoritis phosphor (Trimen, 1866) – scarce scarlet or golden flashThe chrysantas species group:
Chrysoritis chrysantas (Trimen, 1868) – Karoo daisy copperThe oreas species group:
Chrysoritis dicksoni (Gabriel, 1947) – Dickson's copper or Dickson's strandveld copperChrysoritis oreas (Trimen, 1891) – Drakensberg copper or Drakensberg daisy copperThe pyroeis species group:
Chrysoritis felthami (Trimen, 1904) – Feltham's opalChrysoritis pyroeis (Trimen, 1864) – sand-dune opalThe thysbe species group:
Chrysoritis adonis (Pennington, 1962) – Adonis opalChrysoritis aridus (Pennington, 1953) – Namaqua opalChrysoritis azurius (Swanepoel, 1975) – azure opalChrysoritis beaufortius (Dickson, 1966) – Beaufort's opalChrysoritis beulah (Quickelberge, 1966) – Beulah's opalChrysoritis blencathrae (Heath & Ball, 1992) – Waaihoek opalChrysoritis braueri (Pennington, 1967) – Brauer's opalChrysoritis brooksi Riley, 1938 – Brook's opalChrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864) – golden copper or burnished opalChrysoritis daphne (Dickson, 1975) – Daphne's opalChrysoritis endymion (Pennington, 1962) – Endymion opalChrysoritis irene (Pennington, 1968) – Irene's opalChrysoritis nigricans (Aurivillius, 1924) – dark opalChrysoritis orientalis (Swanepoel, 1976) – eastern opalChrysoritis palmus (Stoll, [1781]) – water opalChrysoritis pan (Pennington, 1962) – Pan opalChrysoritis pelion (Pennington, 1953) – Machacha opalChrysoritis penningtoni (Riley, 1938) – Pennington's opalChrysoritis perseus (Henning, 1977) – Perseus opalChrysoritis plutus (Pennington, 1967) – Plutus opalChrysoritis pyramus (Pennington, 1953) – Pyramus opalChrysoritis rileyi (Dickson, 1966) – Riley's opalChrysoritis swanepoeli (Dickson, 1965) – Swanepoel's opalChrysoritis thysbe (Linnaeus, 1764) – opal copper or common opalChrysoritis trimeni (Riley, 1938) – Trimen's opalChrysoritis turneri (Riley, 1938) – Turner's opalChrysoritis uranus (Pennington, 1962) – Uranus opalChrysoritis violescens (Dickson, 1971) – violet opalThe 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 copperChrysoritis zonarius (Riley, 1938) – donkey daisy copperFormerly separated in genus Poecilmitis:
Poecilmitis adonis now C. adonisPoecilmitis aureus now C. aureusPoecilmitis azurius now C. azuriusPoecilmitis balli now C. pyramus balliPoecilmitis daphne now C. daphnePoecilmitis endymion now C. endymionPoecilmitis henningi now C. pan henningiPoecilmitis hyperion now C. swanepoeli hyperionPoecilmitis irene now C. irenePoecilmitis kaplani now C. beaufortius stepheniPoecilmitis lyncurium now C. lyncuriumPoecilmitis lyndseyae now C. thysbe bamptoniPoecilmitis orientalis now C. orientalisPoecilmitis pan now C. panPoecilmitis penningtoni now C. penningtoniPoecilmitis pyramus now C. pyramusPoecilmitis rileyi now C. rileyiPoecilmitis stepheni now C. beaufortius stepheniPoecilmitis swanepoeli now C. swanepoeliPoecilmitis trimeni now C. trimeniPoecilmitis wykehami now C. turneri wykehami
