chrysoritis, thysbe, opal, copper, common, opal, butterfly, family, lycaenidae, found, south, africa, opal, copper, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, lepidoptera, family, lycaenidae, ge. Chrysoritis thysbe the opal copper or common opal is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae It is found in South Africa Opal copper Chrysoritis thysbe Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Lycaenidae Genus Chrysoritis Species C thysbe Binomial name Chrysoritis thysbe Linnaeus 1764 1 Synonyms Papilio thysbe Linnaeus 1764 Papilio nais Cramer 1775 Papilio splendens Swainson 1833 Phasis osbecki Aurivillius 1882 Poecilmitis psyche Pennington 1967 Poecilmitis bamptoni Dickson 1976 Poecilmitis lyndseyae Henning 1979 Poecilmitis thysbe schloszae Dickson 1994 Poecilmitis whitei Dickson 1994 Poecilmitis mithras Pringle 1995 The wingspan is 24 32 mm for males and 23 35 mm for females Adults are on wing year round with peaks in October and March 2 The larvae feed on Chrysanthemoides incana C monilifera Osteospermum polygaloides Lebeckia plukenetiana Aspalathus Zygophyllum and Thesium species They are attended to by Crematogaster peringueyi ants Subspecies editChrysoritis thysbe nominate subspecies Range Cape Peninsula to Mossel Bay north to Lamberts Bay inland to Piketberg and Citrusdal dd Chrysoritis thysbe subsp osbecki Aurivillius 1882 Chrysoritis thysbe subsp psyche Pennington 1967 Range from Bitterfontein south to Nardouwsberg in the Western Cape dd Chrysoritis thysbesubsp bamptoni Dickson 1976 Range Hondeklipbaai area inland to Wallekraal in the Northern Cape dd Chrysoritis thysbe subsp schloszae Dickson 1994 Range Moorreesburg area in the Western Cape dd Chrysoritis thysbe subsp whitei Dickson 1994 Range Port Elizabeth area in the Eastern Cape dd Chrysoritis thysbe subsp mithras Pringle 1995 Range Stilbaai to Brenton on Sea in the Western Cape dd nbsp Nominate subsp nbsp C t subsp osbecki nbsp C t subsp psyche nbsp C t subsp whiteiReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chrysoritis thysbe nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Chrysoritis thysbe 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 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 thysbe amp oldid 1188005292, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
