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Chrysoritis Butler 1898

South African Coppers

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Containing group: Aphnaeinae

Introduction

A genus endemic to the Cape region of South Africa. Larvae are ant-associated, and some are aphytophagous, obtaining all their nutrition from ant trophallaxis.

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Several genera were synonymized by Heath (1997) in his reorganization of this complex. Most of the species in the new, more inclusive Chrysoritis (e. g., the thysbe group) were formerly included in Poecilmitis. Phylogenetic relationships among members of the oreas group and exemplars of other species groups were inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences by Rand et al. (2000).

Other Names for Chrysoritis Butler 1898

References

Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.

Heath, A. 1997 A review of African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Metamorphosis Suppl. 2: 1-60

Heath, A. 2001New Synonymies and taxonomic notes on the genus Chrysoritis Bultler (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Metamorphosis 12 (3): 85-98

Heath, A. & Pringle, E. L. 2007 Biological observations and a taxonomic review based on morphological characters in the myrmecophilous genus Chrysoritis Butler (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeini) Metamorphosis 18 (1):

Rand, D. B., Heath, A., Suderman, T. & Pierce, N. E. 2000 Phylogeny and life history evolution of the genus Chrysoritis within the Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17: 85-96.

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