Chrysoritis azurius: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Chrysoritis
- Species
- Chrysoritis azurius
- Scientific Name
- Chrysoritis azurius
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chrysoritis azurius
Chrysoritis azurius, the azure opal, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from the Northern Cape and Western Cape.
The wingspan is 32–36 mm for males and 35–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to December. There is one extended generation per year.
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Sibling Taxa
- Chrysoritis adonis
- Chrysoritis aethon
- Chrysoritis aridus
- Chrysoritis aureus
- Chrysoritis azurius
- Chrysoritis balli
- Chrysoritis beaufortius
- Chrysoritis beulah
- Chrysoritis blencathrae
- Chrysoritis braueri
- Chrysoritis brooksi
- Chrysoritis chrysantas
- Chrysoritis chrysaor
- Chrysoritis cotrelli
- Chrysoritis daphne
- Chrysoritis dicksoni
- Chrysoritis endymion
- Chrysoritis felthami
- Chrysoritis henningi
- Chrysoritis irene
- Chrysoritis kaplani
- Chrysoritis lycegenes
- Chrysoritis lyncurium
- Chrysoritis lyndseyae
- Chrysoritis midas
- Chrysoritis natalensis
- Chrysoritis nigricans
- Chrysoritis oreas
- Chrysoritis orientalis
- Chrysoritis palmus
- Chrysoritis pan
- Chrysoritis pelion
- Chrysoritis penningtoni
- Chrysoritis perseus
- Chrysoritis phosphor
- Chrysoritis plutus
- Chrysoritis pyramus
- Chrysoritis pyroeis
- Chrysoritis rileyi
- Chrysoritis stepheni
- Chrysoritis swanepoeli
- Chrysoritis thysbe
- Chrysoritis trimeni
- Chrysoritis turneri
- Chrysoritis uranus
- Chrysoritis violescens
- Chrysoritis wykehami
- Chrysoritis zeuxo
- Chrysoritis zonarius