Chrysoritis phosphor

Chrysoritis phosphor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chrysoritis
Species: C. phosphor
Binomial name
Chrysoritis phosphor
(Trimen, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Zeritis phosphor Trimen, 1866
  • Bowkeria phosphor
  • Bowkeria phosphor borealis Quickelberge, 1972

Chrysoritis phosphor, the scarce scarlet or golden flash, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm for males and 26–31 mm for females. Adults are on year-round, but mainly in November and April.[2]

The associated ant species is unknown but is suspected to be an arboreal Crematogaster species.[3]

Subspecies

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.
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 1)
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