title: Chrysoritis
text: # Chrysoritis
  
  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:
  
  The chrysaor species group:
  
  * Chrysoritis aethon (Trimen, 1887) – Lydenburg opal
  * Chrysoritis aureus (van Son, 1966) – Heidelberg copper or golden opal
  * Chrysoritis lycegenes (Trimen, 1874) – Mooi River opal
  * Chrysoritis lyncurium (Trimen, 1868) – Tsomo River opal or Tsomo River copper
  * Chrysoritis midas (Pennington, 1962) – Midas opal
  * Chrysoritis natalensis (van Son, 1966) – Natal opal
  * Chrysoritis phosphor (Trimen, 1866) – scarce scarlet or golden flash
  
  The chrysantas species group:
  
  * Chrysoritis chrysantas (Trimen, 1868) – Karoo daisy copper
  
  The oreas species group:
  
  * Chrysoritis dicksoni (Gabriel, 1947) – Dickson's copper or Dickson's strandveld copper
  * Chrysoritis oreas (Trimen, 1891) – Drakensberg copper or Drakensberg daisy copper
  
  The pyroeis species group:
  
  * Chrysoritis felthami (Trimen, 1904) – Feltham's opal
  * Chrysoritis pyroeis (Trimen, 1864) – sand-dune opal
  
  The thysbe species group:
  
  * Chrysoritis adonis (Pennington, 1962) – Adonis opal
  * Chrysoritis aridus (Pennington, 1953) – Namaqua opal
  * Chrysoritis azurius (Swanepoel, 1975) – azure opal
  * Chrysoritis beaufortius (Dickson, 1966) – Beaufort's opal
  * Chrysoritis beulah (Quickelberge, 1966) – Beulah's opal
  * Chrysoritis blencathrae (Heath & Ball, 1992) – Waaihoek opal
  * Chrysoritis braueri (Pennington, 1967) – Brauer's opal
  * Chrysoritis brooksi Riley, 1938 – Brook's opal
  * Chrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864) – golden copper or burnished opal
  * Chrysoritis daphne (Dickson, 1975) – Daphne's opal
  * Chrysoritis endymion (Pennington, 1962) – Endymion opal
  * Chrysoritis irene (Pennington, 1968) – Irene's opal
  * Chrysoritis nigricans (Aurivillius, 1924) – dark opal
  * Chrysoritis orientalis (Swanepoel, 1976) – eastern opal
  * Chrysoritis palmus (Stoll, [1781]) – water opal
  * Chrysoritis pan (Pennington, 1962) – Pan opal
  * Chrysoritis pelion (Pennington, 1953) – Machacha opal
  * Chrysoritis penningtoni (Riley, 1938) – Pennington's opal
  * Chrysoritis perseus (Henning, 1977) – Perseus opal
  * Chrysoritis plutus (Pennington, 1967) – Plutus opal
  * Chrysoritis pyramus (Pennington, 1953) – Pyramus opal
  * Chrysoritis rileyi (Dickson, 1966) – Riley's opal
  * Chrysoritis swanepoeli (Dickson, 1965) – Swanepoel's opal
  * Chrysoritis thysbe (Linnaeus, 1764) – opal copper or common opal
  * Chrysoritis trimeni (Riley, 1938) – Trimen's opal
  * Chrysoritis turneri (Riley, 1938) – Turner's opal
  * Chrysoritis uranus (Pennington, 1962) – Uranus opal
  * Chrysoritis violescens (Dickson, 1971) – violet opal
  
  The zeuxo species group:
  
  * Chrysoritis coetzeri Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 (may be included in C. zonarius)
  * Chrysoritis cotrelli – Cotrell's daisy copper (may be included in C. zeuxo)
  * Chrysoritis zeuxo (Linnaeus, 1764) – jitterbug daisy copper
  * Chrysoritis zonarius (Riley, 1938) – donkey daisy copper
  
  ## Poecilmitis
  
  Formerly separated in genus Poecilmitis:
  
  * Poecilmitis adonis now C. adonis
  * Poecilmitis aureus now C. aureus
  * Poecilmitis azurius now C. azurius
  * Poecilmitis balli now C. pyramus balli
  * Poecilmitis daphne now C. daphne
  * Poecilmitis endymion now C. endymion
  * Poecilmitis henningi now C. pan henningi
  * Poecilmitis hyperion now C. swanepoeli hyperion
  * Poecilmitis irene now C. irene
  * Poecilmitis kaplani now C. beaufortius stepheni
  * Poecilmitis lyncurium now C. lyncurium
  * Poecilmitis lyndseyae now C. thysbe bamptoni
  * Poecilmitis orientalis now C. orientalis
  * Poecilmitis pan now C. pan
  * Poecilmitis penningtoni now C. penningtoni
  * Poecilmitis pyramus now C. pyramus
  * Poecilmitis rileyi now C. rileyi
  * Poecilmitis stepheni now C. beaufortius stepheni
  * Poecilmitis swanepoeli now C. swanepoeli
  * Poecilmitis trimeni now C. trimeni
  * Poecilmitis wykehami now C. turneri wykehami
  