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.

Adults are on wing from October to January, with a peak in December.

[2] The larvae feed on Thesium species.

They are attended to by Crematogaster liengmei ants.