Chrysoritis orientalis
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| Eastern opal | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoritis |
| Species: | C. orientalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysoritis orientalis (Swanepoel, 1976)
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Chrysoritis orientalis, the eastern opal, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found on the southern Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal.
The wingspan is 18–22 mm for males and 20–24 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to January, with a peak in December. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Thesium species. They are attended to by Crematogaster liengmei ants.
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