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Chrysoritis
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Chrysoritis, commonly called opals or coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in southern Africa and particularly South Africa.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 172
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- YPM, SAM
- Recorded in
- South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Aphnaeinae
- Image
- Chrysoritis pan lysander (hantamsbergae).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- ''Poecilmitis''
- References
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:
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