Chrysoritis stepheni

Chrysoritis stepheni
	Set of C. (b.) stepheni
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chrysoritis
Species:	C. stepheni
Binomial name
	Chrysoritis stepheni; (Dickson, 1978)
Synonyms
	Poecilmitis stepheni Dickson, 1978;

Chrysoritis stepheni is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa. It is mostly treated as a subspecies of Chrysoritis beaufortius.

Sources

Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Poecilmitis stepheni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T17857A7572861. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17857A7572861.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
"Poecilmitis stepheni Dickson 1978". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/257895".

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