Chrysoritis blencathrae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Chrysoritis
- Species
- Chrysoritis blencathrae
- Scientific Name
- Chrysoritis blencathrae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chrysoritis blencathrae
Chrysoritis blencathrae, the Waaihoek opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the peaks of the Waaihoek and Sybasberg in the Western Cape.
The wingspan is 26–36 mm for males and 30–37 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to April, with peaks in October and February (for C. b. turneri) and December (for C. b. amatola).
The larvae feed on Dimorphotheca venusta. They are attended by Crematogaster ants.
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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