''Chrysoritis rileyi'', the Riley's opal, is a species of
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is
endemic to
South Africa, where it is known only from hill slopes and river flats at the east end of the
Brandvlei Dam
Brandvlei Dam is an earth-fill type dam on the Lower Brandvlei River in Western Cape, South Africa. It was completed in 1983 and the inlet is the Holsloot River.
See also
*List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa
*List of rivers of South Afric ...
in the
Western Cape.
The
wingspan is for males and for females. Adults are on wing from September to April, with peaks from October to November and in March.
The larvae feed on ''
Thesium'' and ''
Zygophyllum'' species. They are attended to by ''
Crematogaster peringueyi'' ants.
References
Butterflies described in 1966
Chrysoritis
Endemic butterflies of South Africa
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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