Chrysoritis plutus
| Plutus opal | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoritis |
| Species: | C. plutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysoritis plutus (Pennington, 1967)[1] | |
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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
- ↑ Chrysoritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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