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Chrysoritis brooksi, the Brook's opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found only in South Africa.
| Brook's opal | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoritis |
| Species: | C. brooksi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysoritis brooksi | |
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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]
Larvae feed on Thesium and Zygophyllum species. They are associated with Crematogaster peringueyi ants.
- Chrysoritis brooksi brooksi (South Africa: Western Cape Province)
- Chrysoritis brooksi tearei (Dickson, 1966) (South Africa: Western Cape Province)
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