Chrysoritis brooksi

Chrysoritis brooksi, the Brook's opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found only in South Africa.

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

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

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

Subspecies
  • Chrysoritis brooksi brooksi (South Africa: Western Cape Province)
  • Chrysoritis brooksi tearei (Dickson, 1966) (South Africa: Western Cape Province)
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References
  1. Chrysoritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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