Chrysoritis plutus

Plutus opal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chrysoritis
Species: C. plutus
Binomial name
Chrysoritis plutus
(Pennington, 1967)[1]
Synonyms
  • Poecilmitis plutus Pennington, 1967

Chrysoritis plutus, the Plutus opal, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family found only in South Africa.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm for males and 26–35 mm for females. Flight period is two broods from August to December and January to April.[2]

Larva feed on Thesium species. They are associated with Crematogaster peringueyi ants.

References

  1. Chrysoritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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