Chrysoritis brooksi

Brook's Opal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chrysoritis
Species: C. brooksi
Binomial name
Chrysoritis brooksi
(Riley, 1938)[1]
Synonyms
  • Poecilmitis thysbe brooksi Riley, 1938
  • Poecilmitis brooksi tearei Dickson, 1966

Brook's Opal (Chrysoritis brooksi) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family found only in South Africa.

The wingspan is 26–30 mm for males and 28–32 mm for females. Flight period is from September to April, occasionally as later as June.[2]

Larva feed on Thesium and Zygophyllum spp. They are associated with Crematogaster peringueyi ants.

Subspecies

References

  1. Chrysoritis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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