| Brauer's Opal | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoritis |
| Species: | C. braueri |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysoritis braueri (Pennington, 1967)[1] |
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Brauer's Opal (Chrysoritis braueri) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family found only in South Africa.
The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and 21–26 mm for females. Flight period has two broods from August to November and February to April.[2]
Larva feed on Zygophyllum spp. and Myrsine africana. They are associated with Crematogaster spp. ants.