Chrysoritis lycegenes
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoritis |
| Species: | C. lycegenes
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Chrysoritis lycegenes, the Mooi River opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mpumalanga, along the Drakensberg escarpment to Mariepskop in Limpopo province.
The wingspan is 21–24 mm for males and 23–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to October and from December to January. There are two generations per year.[3]
The larvae feed on , Diospyros lycioides, , Rhus species and Chrysanthemoides monilifera. They are attended to by Crematogaster ants.
It is named after the Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal.
References[]
- ^ Cockburn, K.N.A. 2020. Chrysoritis lycegenes (amended version of 2020 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161336856A175071591. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161336856A175071591.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2021.
- ^ Chrysoritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Butterflies described in 1874
- Chrysoritis
- Endemic butterflies of South Africa
- Taxa named by Roland Trimen
- Aphnaeinae stubs