Poecilmitis (Butler 1897) ⇒ Taxonomy of the synonym

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Poecilmitis Butler, 1897
is a synonym of Genus Chrysoritis Butler, 1898
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

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	Poecilmitis Butler, 1897 Coppers, Opals	79	Species

Subnodes of Poecilmitis Butler, 1897

Species	Poecilmitis adonis Pennington, 1962 ⇒ Chrysoritis adonis Adonis Opal	1	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis aethon Trimen, 1887
Species	Poecilmitis amatola Dickson & McMaster, 1967
Species	Poecilmitis aridus Pennington, 1954 ⇒ Chrysoritis aridus Namaqua Opal
Species	Poecilmitis atlantica Dickson, 1966 ⇒ Chrysoritis pan Pan Opal	1	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis aureus Van Son, 1966 Golden Opal, Heidelberg Copper
Species	Poecilmitis azurius Swanepoel, 1975 ⇒ Chrysoritis azurius
Species	Poecilmitis balli Dickson, 1980 ⇒ Chrysoritis balli
Species	Poecilmitis bamptoni Dickson, 1976 ⇒ Chrysoritis bamptoni
Species	Poecilmitis beaufortia Dickson, 1966	2	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis beulah Quickelberg, 1966 ⇒ Chrysoritis beulah
Species	Poecilmitis blencathra Heath & Ball, 1992
Species	Poecilmitis blencathrae Heath & Ball, 1992
Species	Poecilmitis braueri Pennington, 1966 ⇒ Chrysoritis braueri
Species	Poecilmitis brooksi Riley, 1938	2	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis charlesi Dickson, 1970
Species	Poecilmitis chrysaor Trimen, 1864 ⇒ Chrysoritis chrysaor
Species	Poecilmitis daphne Dickson, 1975 ⇒ Chrysoritis daphne
Species	Poecilmitis dicksoni Henning, 1977 ⇒ Chrysoritis pan Pan Opal	1	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis dukei Dickson, 1967
Species	Poecilmitis endymion Pennington, 1962 ⇒ Chrysoritis endymion Endymion Opal
Species	Poecilmitis felthami Trimen, 1904 ⇒ Chrysoritis felthami	2	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis hantamsbergae Dickson, 1978
Species	Poecilmitis henningi Bampton, 1981 ⇒ Chrysoritis henningi
Species	Poecilmitis hersaleki Dickson, 1970
Species	Poecilmitis hyperion Dickson, 1975 ⇒ Chrysoritis hyperion
Species	Poecilmitis irene Pennington, 1968 ⇒ Chrysoritis irene
Species	Poecilmitis kaplani Henning, 1979 ⇒ Chrysoritis beaufortius Beaufort Opal	1	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis lycegenes Trimen, 1874 ⇒ Chrysoritis lycegenes
Species	Poecilmitis lycia Riley, 1938 ⇒ Chrysoritis chrysaor Burnished Opal, Golden Copper
Species	Poecilmitis lyncurium Trimen, 1868 ⇒ Chrysoritis lyncurium
Species	Poecilmitis lyndseyae Henning, 1979 ⇒ Chrysoritis thysbe
Species	Poecilmitis lysander Pennington, 1962 ⇒ Chrysoritis pan Pan Opal	3	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis midas Pennington, 1962 ⇒ Chrysoritis midas Midas Opal
Species	Poecilmitis natalensis Van Son, 1966 ⇒ Chrysoritis natalensis Natal Opal
Species	Poecilmitis orientalis Swanepoel, 1976 ⇒ Chrysoritis orientalis Eastern Opal
Species	Poecilmitis osbecki Aurivillius, 1882
Species	Poecilmitis pan Pennington, 1962 ⇒ Chrysoritis pan Pan Opal	1	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis pelion Pennington, 1954 ⇒ Chrysoritis pelion
Species	Poecilmitis penningtoni Riley, 1938 ⇒ Chrysoritis penningtoni
Species	Poecilmitis perseus Henning, 1977 ⇒ Chrysoritis perseus
Species	Poecilmitis phosphor
Species	Poecilmitis plutus Pennington, 1967 ⇒ Chrysoritis plutus
Species	Poecilmitis psyche Pennington, 1966 ⇒ Chrysoritis thysbe Common Opal, Opal Copper	1	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis pyramus Pennington, 1954 ⇒ Chrysoritis pyramus Pyramus Opal	1	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis rileyi Dickson, 1966 ⇒ Chrysoritis rileyi
Species	Poecilmitis stepheni Dickson, 1978 ⇒ Chrysoritis stepheni
Species	Poecilmitis swanepoeli Dickson, 1965 ⇒ Chrysoritis swanepoeli	1	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis tearei Dickson, 1966
Species	Poecilmitis thysbe Linnaeus, 1764	1	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis trimeni Riley, 1938
Species	Poecilmitis tsino Murray, 1958
Species	Poecilmitis turneri Riley, 1938 ⇒ Chrysoritis turneri	2	Subspecies
Species	Poecilmitis uranus Pennington, 1962 ⇒ Chrysoritis uranus
Species	Poecilmitis violascens Dickson, 1971
Species	Poecilmitis violescens Dickson, 1971
Species	Poecilmitis wykehami Dickson, 1980 ⇒ Chrysoritis wykehami
Species	Poecilmitis zeuxo Linnaeus, 1764
Species	Poecilmitis zonarius

Synonyms

Bowkeria (Quickelberge, 1972)

Nais (Swainson, 1833)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Poecilmitis

English

Coppers, Opals

Distribution of Poecilmitis Butler, 1897

Kenya, Lesotho, Republic South Africa, Spain

Links, sources and further information

Poecilmitis at gbif.org
Poecilmitis at irmng.org