Dickson's copper

Dickson's copper
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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(Gabriel, 1947);

Dickson's copper or Dickson's strandveld copper (Chrysoritis dicksoni) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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.^[2]

The larvae feed through trophallaxis from Crematogaster peringueyi ants.

References

^ Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Oxychaeta dicksoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. IUCN: e.T15767A5121546. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15767A5121546.en. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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[iucn-1] Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Oxychaeta dicksoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. IUCN: e.T15767A5121546. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15767A5121546.en. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

[2] Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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