| Pan opal | |
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| Set of Chrysoritis pan pan | |
| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoritis |
| Species: | C. pan |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysoritis pan (Pennington, 1962) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chrysoritis pan, the Pan opal, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in the Western Cape, the Northern Cape and the Eastern Cape.
The wingspan is 20–28 mm for males and 22–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing from August to May, with peaks from October to November and from February to March.
The larvae feed on Osteospermum species, Chrysanthemoides incana and Zygophyllum retrofractum. They are attended to by Crematogaster liengmei ants.
Subspecies
- Chrysoritis pan pan (South Africa: Western Cape)
- Chrysoritis pan lysander (Pennington, 1962) (South Africa: Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape)
- Chrysoritis pan henningi (Bampton, 1981) (South Africa: Western Cape)
Subspecies Chrysoritis pan henningi was formerly treated as species Chrysoritis henningi.
References
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- Heath, Alan; Pringle, Ernest L.; Quek, Swee-Peck (2023). "Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) – Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision". Metamorphosis. 34 (1). doi:10.4314/met.v34i1.02.
- Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Poecilmitis pan". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17854A7567157. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17854A7567157.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Chrysoritis pan | |
| Poecilmitis pan | |
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