About: Chrysoritis lycegenes

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Chrysoritis lycegenes, the Mooi River opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mpumalanga, along the Drakensberg escarpment to Mariepskop in Limpopo province. The wingspan is 21–24 mm for males and 23–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to October and from December to January. There are two generations per year. The larvae feed on , Diospyros lycioides, , Rhus species and Chrysanthemoides monilifera. They are attended to by Crematogaster ants. It is named after the Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal.

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  • Chrysoritis lycegenes, the Mooi River opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mpumalanga, along the Drakensberg escarpment to Mariepskop in Limpopo province. The wingspan is 21–24 mm for males and 23–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to October and from December to January. There are two generations per year. The larvae feed on , Diospyros lycioides, , Rhus species and Chrysanthemoides monilifera. They are attended to by Crematogaster ants. It is named after the Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal. (en)
  • Chrysoritis lycegenes is een vlinder uit de familie van de Lycaenidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst gepubliceerd in 1874 door Roland Trimen. (nl)
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  • Chrysoritis (en)
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  • lycegenes (en)
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  • LC (en)
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  • IUCN3.1 (en)
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  • *Zeritis lycegenes (Trimen, 1874) *Poecilmitis lycegenes (en)
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  • Chrysoritis lycegenes, the Mooi River opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mpumalanga, along the Drakensberg escarpment to Mariepskop in Limpopo province. The wingspan is 21–24 mm for males and 23–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to October and from December to January. There are two generations per year. The larvae feed on , Diospyros lycioides, , Rhus species and Chrysanthemoides monilifera. They are attended to by Crematogaster ants. It is named after the Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal. (en)
  • Chrysoritis lycegenes is een vlinder uit de familie van de Lycaenidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst gepubliceerd in 1874 door Roland Trimen. (nl)
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  • Chrysoritis lycegenes (en)
  • Chrysoritis lycegenes (nl)
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