Chrysoritis turneri

Chrysoritis turneri, the Turner's opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa.

Turner's opal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chrysoritis
Species:	C. turneri
Binomial name
Chrysoritis turneri (Riley, 1938)[1]
Synonyms
Poecilmitis turneri Riley, 1938 Poeclimitis wykehami Dickson, 1980

The wingspan is 22–26 mm for males and 33–40 mm for females. Adults are on year from September to April, with peaks in October and February (for C. t. turneri) and December (for C. t. amatola).^[2]

The larvae feed on Zygophyllum species, Dimorphotheca cuneata and Osteospermum. They are attended to by Crematogaster liengmei ants.

Subspecies

• Chrysoritis turneri turneri (Western Cape, southern Namaqualand)
• Chrysoritis turneri amatola (Dickson & McMaster, 1967) (Eastern Cape, Lesotho)
• Chrysoritis turneri wykehami (Dickson, 1980) (South Africa: Northern Cape)