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Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Theclinae > Tribe: Aphnaeini > Genus: Chrysoritis

Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal) Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal)

Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal) male, Woodridge. [photos Steve Woodhall ©]

Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal) Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal)

Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal) female, Woodridge. [photos Steve Woodhall ©]

Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal) Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal)

Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal) 3rd instar larvae, Woodridge. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]

Chrysoritis lycegenes (Mooi river opal) 4th instar larvae being tended by Crematogaster ants, Woodridge. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]