Chrysoritis endymion

Species of butterfly

Chrysoritis endymion

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Chrysoritis
Species:  |

C. endymion

Binomial name
Chrysoritis endymion

(Pennington, 1962)

Synonyms

* Poecilmitis endymion Pennington, 1962

Chrysoritis endymion, the Endymion opal, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa.

The wingspan is 30–34 mm for males and 30–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January. There is one extended generation per year.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Rautenbach, F. (2020). "Chrysoritis endymion". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T17841A168301317. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T17841A168301317.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

Taxon identifiers

Chrysoritis endymion|

* Wikidata: Q4882082
* Wikispecies: Chrysoritis endymion
* BOLD: 650144
* GBIF: 9857409
* iNaturalist: 657729
* IUCN: 17841
* NCBI: 1547963
* Observation.org: 225207
* Open Tree of Life: 5850144

Poecilmitis endymion|

* Wikidata: Q27988590
* CoL: 4KT3Y
* GBIF: 1932117
* iNaturalist: 109902
* IRMNG: 10683364
* LepIndex: 197424
* Open Tree of Life: 3150425

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