Thestor

Updated on Nov 18, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Family Lycaenidae Rank Genus		Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths

Similar Butterflies and moths, Lachnocnema, Chrysoritis, Aloeides, Aslauga

Thestor is a genus of butterflies in the Lycaenidae family. The species are Afrotropical.

Species

Thestor barbatus Henning & Henning, 1997 – bearded skolly

Thestor basutus (Wallengren, 1857) – Basuto skolly, Basuto magpie

Thestor brachycerus (Trimen, 1883) – Knysna skolly

Thestor braunsi van Son, 1941 – Braun's skolly

Thestor calviniae Riley, 1954 – Hantamsberg skolly

Thestor camdeboo Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 – Camdeboo skolly

Thestor claassensi Heath & Pringle, 2004 – Claassen's skolly

Thestor compassbergae Quickelberge & McMaster, 1970 – Compassberg skolly

Thestor dicksoni Riley, 1954 – Dickson's skolly

Thestor dryburghi van Son, 1966 – Dryburgh's skolly

Thestor holmesi van Son, 1951 – Holmes's skolly

Thestor kaplani Dickson & Stephen, 1971 – Kaplan's skolly, Kaplan's thestor

Thestor montanus van Son, 1941 – mountain skolly

Thestor murrayi Swanepoel, 1953 – Murray's skolly

Thestor overbergensis Heath & Pringle, 2004 – Overberg skolly

Thestor penningtoni van Son, 1949 – Pennington's skolly

Thestor petra Pennington, 1962 – rock skolly

Thestor pictus van Son, 1941 – Langeberg skolly

Thestor pringlei Dickson, 1976 – Pringle's skolly

Thestor protumnus (Linnaeus, 1764) – Boland skolly

Thestor rileyi Pennington, 1956 – Riley's skolly

Thestor rooibergensis Heath, 1994 – Rooiberg skolly

Thestor rossouwi Dickson, 1971 – Rossouw's skolly

Thestor stepheni Swanepoel, 1968 – Stephen's skolly

Thestor strutti van Son, 1951 – Strutt's skolly

Thestor vansoni Pennington, 1962 – Van Son's skolly

Thestor yildizae Koçak, 1983 – peninsula skolly

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