Dickson's copper

Dickson's Copper
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chrysoritis
Species:	C. dicksoni
Binomial name
	Chrysoritis dicksoni; (Gabriel, 1947)
Synonyms
	Phasis dicksoni Gabriel, 1947; Oxychaeta dicksoni;

Dickson's Copper or Dickson's Strandveld Copper (Chrysoritis dicksoni) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known inland from Witsand in a single spot in Fynbos. Previously, it was also found north of Cape Town. It is sometimes separated in the monotypic genus Oxychaeta.^{[citation needed]}

The wingspan is 26–35 mm for males and 33–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late July to mid September. There is one generation per year.^[1]

The larvae feed through trophallaxis from Cremogaster peringueyi ants.

References

^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Oxychaeta dicksoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.

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[1] Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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