Chrysoritis zonarius

Chrysoritis zonarius, the donkey daisy copper or Coetzer's daisy copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, along the coast and inland from the Cape Peninsula, north-west to Paleisheuwel and Lambert's Bay and along the hills to the Western Cape.

Donkey daisy copper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chrysoritis
Species:	C. zonarius
Binomial name
Chrysoritis zonarius (Riley, 1938)[1]
Synonyms
Phasis zeuxo zonarius Riley, 1938 Chrysoritis coetzeri Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 – Coetzer's daisy copper[2]

The wingspan measures 18–22 mm for males and 20–24 mm for females. The adult butterflies are active from September to November. There is one generation of this species per year.^[2]

The larvae feed on Chrysanthemoides incana. They are attended to by Crematogaster peringueyi ants.^[2]

Subspecies

• Chrysoritis zonarius zonarius (South Africa: Western Cape)
• Chrysoritis zonarius coetzeri Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 (South Africa: Northern Cape)