Chrysoritis (Butler 1898), Coppers ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Genus

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Taxonomy of Genus Chrysoritis Butler, 1898
Coppers, Opals

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	1891 142849 2048615	Families Genera Species
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	322 33641 568299	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	208 32654 567261	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	197 32461 565431	Families Genera Species
Division	Ditrysia Borner, 1925 Butterflies, Moths, Skippers	186 32290 560864	Families Genera Species
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	74 20388 404639	Families Genera Species
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	66 18154 371101	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies	13 3266 144998	Families Genera Species
Family	Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers	1005 38169	Genera Species
Subfamily	Theclinae Swainson, 1831 Hairstreaks, Strong Blues	348 13640	Genera Species
Tribe	Aphnaeini Distant, 1884	21 1235	Genera Species
Genus	Chrysoritis Butler, 1898 Coppers, Opals	94	Species

Subnodes of Chrysoritis Butler, 1898

Species	Chrysoritis adonis Pennington, 1962 Adonis Opal	2	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis aethon Trimen, 1887 Lydenburg Opal
Species	Chrysoritis aridus Pennington, 1953 Namaqua Opal
Species	Chrysoritis aureus Van Son, 1966 ⇒ Poecilmitis aureus Golden Opal, Heidelberg Copper, Heidelberg Opal
Species	Chrysoritis azurius Swanepoel, 1975 Azure Opal
Species	Chrysoritis balli Dickson & Henning, 1981
Species	Chrysoritis bamptoni Dickson, 1976
Species	Chrysoritis beaufortius Dickson, 1966 Beaufort Opal, Beaufort´s Opal	4	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis beulah Quickelberge, 1966 Beulah's Opal, Beulah´s Opal
Species	Chrysoritis blencathrae Heath & Ball, 1992 Waaihoek Opal
Species	Chrysoritis braueri Pennington, 1967 Brauer's Opal, Brauer´s Opal
Species	Chrysoritis brooksi Riley, 1938 Brook´s Opal	2	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis chrysantas Trimen, 1868 Karoo Daisy Copper
Species	Chrysoritis chrysaor Trimen, 1864 Burnished Opal, Golden Copper
Species	Chrysoritis coetzeri Dickson & Wykeham, 1994
Species	Chrysoritis cotrelli Dickson, 1975 Cotrell's Daisy Copper, Cotrell´s Daisy Copper
Species	Chrysoritis daphne Dickson, 1975 Daphne's Opal, Daphne´s Opal, Kammanassie Opaal
Species	Chrysoritis dicksoni Gabriel, 1947 Dickson's Copper, Dickson's Strandveld Copper
Species	Chrysoritis endymion Pennington, 1962 Endymion Opal, Endymion-opaal
Species	Chrysoritis felthami Trimen, 1904 Feltham´s Opal	2	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis henningi Bampton, 1981
Species	Chrysoritis hyperion Dickson, 1975
Species	Chrysoritis irene Pennington, 1968 Cliff Opal, Irene's Opal, Irene´s Opal
Species	Chrysoritis lycegenes Trimen, 1874 Mooi River Opal, Mooirivier Opal
Species	Chrysoritis lyncurium Trimen, 1868 Tsomo Golden Opal, Tsomo River Copper, Tsomo River Opal
Species	Chrysoritis lyndseyae Henning, 1979 Sky Opal
Species	Chrysoritis midas Pennington, 1962 Midas Opal
Species	Chrysoritis natalensis Van Son, 1966 Natal Opal
Species	Chrysoritis nigricans Aurivillius, 1924 Dark Opal	3	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis oreas Trimen, 1891 Drakensberg Copper, Drakensberg Daisy Copper
Species	Chrysoritis orientalis Swanepoel, 1976 Eastern Opal
Species	Chrysoritis palmus Stoll, 1781 Water Opal	2	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis pan Pennington, 1962 Pan Opal	3	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis pelion Pennington, 1953 Basotho Opal, Machacha Opal
Species	Chrysoritis penningtoni Riley, 1938 Amatola Highland Opal, Amatola Hoogland-Opaal
Species	Chrysoritis perseus Henning, 1977 Perseus Opal
Species	Chrysoritis phosphor Trimen, 1866 Golden Flash, Scarce Scarlet	2	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis plutus Pennington, 1967 Plutus Opal, Plutus' Opal
Species	Chrysoritis pyramus Pennington, 1953 Pyramus Opal	2	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis pyroeis Trimen, 1864 Sand-dune Opal	2	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis rileyi Dickson, 1966 Glitter Opal, Riley's Opal, Riley´s Opal
Species	Chrysoritis stepheni Dickson, 1978
Species	Chrysoritis swanepoeli Dickson, 1965 Swanepoel´s Opal	3	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis thysbe Linnaeus, 1764 Common Opal, Opal Copper	7	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis trimeni Riley, 1938 Diamond Opal, Trimen's Opal, Trimen´s Opal
Species	Chrysoritis turneri Riley, 1938 Turner'S Opal, Turner´s Opal	3	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis uranus Pennington, 1962 Uranus Opal	2	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis violescens Dickson, 1971 Violescent Opal, Violet Opal
Species	Chrysoritis wykehami Dickson, 1980
Species	Chrysoritis zeuxo Linnaeus, 1764 Jitterbug Daisy Copper	2	Subspecies
Species	Chrysoritis zonarius Riley, 1938 Donkey Daisy Copper	2	Subspecies

Synonyms

Bowkeria (Quickelberge, 1972)

Nais (Swainson, 1833)

Oxychaeta (Tite & Dickson, 1973)

Poecilmitis (Butler, 1899)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Chrysoritis

English

Coppers, Opals

Distribution of Chrysoritis Butler, 1898

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Republic South Africa, Russia, Rwanda, Spain, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, USA

Links, sources and further information

Chrysoritis at gbif.org
Chrysoritis at irmng.org