Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Chrysoritis dicksoni | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Chrysoritis Rank Species | |
Dickson's copper or Dickson's strandveld copper (Chrysoritis dicksoni) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known inland from Witsand in a single spot in fynbos. Previously, it was also found north of Cape Town. It is sometimes separated in the monotypic genus Oxychaeta.
The wingspan is 26–35 mm for males and 33–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late July to mid-September. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed through trophallaxis from Crematogaster peringueyi ants.
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