Chrysoritis thysbe
Opal copper | |
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Possibly Chrysoritis thysbe | |
Possibly Chrysoritis thysbe | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Chrysoritis |
Species: | C. thysbe |
Binomial name | |
Chrysoritis thysbe (Linnaeus, 1764)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Chrysoritis thysbe, the opal copper or common opal, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa.
The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 23–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with peaks in October and March.[2]
The larvae feed on Chrysanthemoides incana, C. monilifera, Osteospermum polygaloides, Lebeckia plukenetiana, Aspalathus, Zygophyllum and Thesium species. They are attended to by Crematogaster peringueyi ants.
Subspecies
- Chrysoritis thysbe (nominate subspecies)
- Range: Cape Peninsula to Mossel Bay, north to Lamberts Bay, inland to Piketberg and Citrusdal
- Chrysoritis thysbe subsp. osbecki (Aurivillius, 1882)
- Chrysoritis thysbe subsp. psyche (Pennington, 1967)
- Range: from Bitterfontein south to Nardouwsberg in the Western Cape
- Chrysoritis thysbe subsp. bamptoni (Dickson, 1976)
- Range: Hondeklipbaai area, inland to Wallekraal in the Northern Cape
- Chrysoritis thysbe subsp. chloszae (Dickson, 1994)
- Range: Moorreesburg area in the Western Cape
- Chrysoritis thysbe subsp. whitei (Dickson, 1994)
- Range: Port Elizabeth area in the Eastern Cape
- Chrysoritis thysbe subsp. mithras (Pringle, 1995)
- Range: Stilbaai to Brenton-on-Sea in the Western Cape
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Nominate subsp. -
C. t. subsp. osbecki -
C. t. subsp. psyche -
C. t. subsp. whitei
References
- ↑ Chrysoritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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