Chrysoritis Butler (1897), type species Zeritis oreas Trimen 1891, by original designation. Chrysoritis are commonly known as Opals and Coppers. = Nais Swainson (1833), type species Nais splendens Swainson, by monotypy; junior homonym of Nais Müller 1771. = Poecilmitis Butler, 1899e, type species Zeritis lycegenes Trimen 1874, by original designation. Synonymised with Chrysoritis by Heath (1997: 17). = Bowkeria Quickelberg 1972, type species Zeritis phosphor Trimen 1864, by monotypy. Synonymised with Chrysoritis by Heath 1997: 17. = Oxychaeta Tite & Dickson, 1973, type species Phasis dicksoni Gabriel 1947, by original designation. Synonymised with Chrysoritis by Heath (1997: 17). Recent analyses by Kawahara et al. (2023) suggest Chrysoritis diverged from its sister group 22.9 MYA (95% highest posterior density interval 21.9–25.0 MYA [D. J. Lohman, pers. comm.]). The genus comprises two major clades – the Eastern Lineage, with an ancestral distribution and origin in the east, and the Western Lineage in the west (QEA22, see also Terblanche & Hamburg 2003). Eastern Lineage Seven species: oreas, phosphor, dicksoni, chrysaor, aethon, aureus, lyncurium. All seven lack iridescence or structural colouring. The Eastern Lineage is found in the COI, EF, CAD and Total Dataset trees (98%, 95%, 84%, and 92% respectively); in the H3 tree, it is paraphyletic but this is most likely due to misplaced rooting in the analysis. All trees are shown in QEA22.

Published as part of Heath, Alan, 2023, Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) - Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision, pp. 11-28 in Metamorphosis 34 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.02, http://zenodo.org/record/14119211