The Jitterbug Daisy Copper (Chrysoritis zeuxo) is a butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 of the Lycaenidae

Lycaenidae

The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...

 family. It is found in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, where it is known from coastal Fynbos in the West Cape, from the Cape Peninsula to the Knysna area.

The wingspan

Wingspan

The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...

 is 22-25 mm for males and 24-28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to January, with a peak from October to November. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Chrysanthemoides monilifera

Chrysanthemoides monilifera

Chrysanthemoides monilifera...

. They are attended to by Crematogaster liengmei ants.

Subspecies

Chrysoritis zeuxo cottrelli

Chrysoritis cotrelli

Chrysoritis cotrelli is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa. It is mostly considered a subspecies of Chrysoritis zeuxo.-Source:* Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. . Downloaded on 31 July 2007....

(Dickson, 1975) is either treated as a valid species or subspecies of Chrysoritis zeuxo.