Chrysoritis zonarius, the donkey daisy copper or Coetzer's daisy copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, along the coast and inland from the Cape Peninsula, north-west to Paleisheuwel and Lambert's Bay and along the hills to the Western Cape.
chrysoritis, zonarius, donkey, daisy, copper, coetzer, daisy, copper, butterfly, family, lycaenidae, found, south, africa, along, coast, inland, from, cape, peninsula, north, west, paleisheuwel, lambert, along, hills, western, cape, donkey, daisy, copper, scie. Chrysoritis zonarius the donkey daisy copper or Coetzer s daisy copper is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae It is found in South Africa along the coast and inland from the Cape Peninsula north west to Paleisheuwel and Lambert s Bay and along the hills to the Western Cape Donkey daisy copper Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Lycaenidae Genus Chrysoritis Species C zonarius Binomial name Chrysoritis zonarius Riley 1938 1 Synonyms Phasis zeuxo zonarius Riley 1938 Chrysoritis coetzeri Dickson amp Wykeham 1994 Coetzer s daisy copper 2 The wingspan is 18 22 mm for males and 20 24 mm for females Adults are on wing from September to November There is one generation per year 2 The larvae feed on Chrysanthemoides incana They are attended to by Crematogaster peringueyi ants 2 Subspecies editChrysoritis zonarius zonarius South Africa Western Cape Chrysoritis zonarius coetzeri Dickson amp Wykeham 1994 South Africa Northern Cape References edit Chrysoritis at Markku Savela s Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms a b c Woodhall Steve 2005 Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa Cape Town South Africa Struik ISBN 978 1 86872 724 7 nbsp Data related to Chrysoritis zonarius at Wikispecies This Aphnaeinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chrysoritis zonarius amp oldid 1007127573, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
