Chrysoritis

Chrysoritis, commonly called opals or coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in southern Africa and particularly South Africa.

Species
Species of the genus include:

The chrysaor species group:
 * Chrysoritis aethon (Trimen, 1887) – Lydenburg opal
 * Chrysoritis aureus (van Son, 1966) – Heidelberg copper or golden opal
 * Chrysoritis lycegenes (Trimen, 1874) – Mooi River opal
 * Chrysoritis lyncurium (Trimen, 1868) – Tsomo River opal or Tsomo River copper
 * Chrysoritis midas (Pennington, 1962) – Midas opal
 * Chrysoritis natalensis (van Son, 1966) – Natal opal
 * Chrysoritis phosphor (Trimen, 1866) – scarce scarlet or golden flash

The chrysantas species group:
 * Chrysoritis chrysantas (Trimen, 1868) – Karoo daisy copper

The oreas species group:
 * Chrysoritis dicksoni (Gabriel, 1947) – Dickson's copper or Dickson's strandveld copper
 * Chrysoritis oreas (Trimen, 1891) – Drakensberg copper or Drakensberg daisy copper

The pyroeis species group:
 * Chrysoritis felthami (Trimen, 1904) – Feltham's opal
 * Chrysoritis pyroeis (Trimen, 1864) – sand-dune opal

The thysbe species group:
 * Chrysoritis adonis (Pennington, 1962) – Adonis opal
 * Chrysoritis aridus (Pennington, 1953) – Namaqua opal
 * Chrysoritis azurius (Swanepoel, 1975) – azure opal
 * Chrysoritis beaufortius (Dickson, 1966) – Beaufort's opal
 * Chrysoritis beulah (Quickelberge, 1966) – Beulah's opal
 * Chrysoritis blencathrae (Heath & Ball, 1992) – Waaihoek opal
 * Chrysoritis braueri (Pennington, 1967) – Brauer's opal
 * Chrysoritis brooksi Riley, 1938 – Brook's opal
 * Chrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864) – golden copper or burnished opal
 * Chrysoritis daphne (Dickson, 1975) – Daphne's opal
 * Chrysoritis endymion (Pennington, 1962) – Endymion opal
 * Chrysoritis irene (Pennington, 1968) – Irene's opal
 * Chrysoritis nigricans (Aurivillius, 1924) – dark opal
 * Chrysoritis orientalis (Swanepoel, 1976) – eastern opal
 * Chrysoritis palmus (Stoll, [1781]) – water opal
 * Chrysoritis pan (Pennington, 1962) – Pan opal
 * Chrysoritis pelion (Pennington, 1953) – Machacha opal
 * Chrysoritis penningtoni (Riley, 1938) – Pennington's opal
 * Chrysoritis perseus (Henning, 1977) – Perseus opal
 * Chrysoritis plutus (Pennington, 1967) – Plutus opal
 * Chrysoritis pyramus (Pennington, 1953) – Pyramus opal
 * Chrysoritis rileyi (Dickson, 1966) – Riley's opal
 * Chrysoritis swanepoeli (Dickson, 1965) – Swanepoel's opal
 * Chrysoritis thysbe (Linnaeus, 1764) – opal copper or common opal
 * Chrysoritis trimeni (Riley, 1938) – Trimen's opal
 * Chrysoritis turneri (Riley, 1938) – Turner's opal
 * Chrysoritis uranus (Pennington, 1962) – Uranus opal
 * Chrysoritis violescens (Dickson, 1971) – violet opal

The zeuxo species group:
 * Chrysoritis coetzeri Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 (may be included in C. zonarius)
 * Chrysoritis cotrelli – Cotrell's daisy copper (may be included in C. zeuxo)
 * Chrysoritis zeuxo (Linnaeus, 1764) – jitterbug daisy copper
 * Chrysoritis zonarius (Riley, 1938) – donkey daisy copper

Poecilmitis
Formerly separated in genus Poecilmitis:
 * Poecilmitis adonis now C. adonis
 * Poecilmitis aureus now C. aureus
 * Poecilmitis azurius now C. azurius
 * Poecilmitis balli now C. pyramus balli
 * Poecilmitis daphne now C. daphne
 * Poecilmitis endymion now C. endymion
 * Poecilmitis henningi now C. pan henningi
 * Poecilmitis hyperion now C. swanepoeli hyperion
 * Poecilmitis irene now C. irene
 * Poecilmitis kaplani now C. beaufortius stepheni
 * Poecilmitis lyncurium now C. lyncurium
 * Poecilmitis lyndseyae now C. thysbe bamptoni
 * Poecilmitis orientalis now C. orientalis
 * Poecilmitis pan now C. pan
 * Poecilmitis penningtoni now C. penningtoni
 * Poecilmitis pyramus now C. pyramus
 * Poecilmitis rileyi now C. rileyi
 * Poecilmitis stepheni now C. beaufortius stepheni
 * Poecilmitis swanepoeli now C. swanepoeli
 * Poecilmitis trimeni now C. trimeni
 * Poecilmitis wykehami now C. turneri wykehami