''Thestor'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. The species are

Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

Species

*'' Thestor barbatus'' Henning & Henning, 1997 – bearded skolly *'' Thestor basutus'' (Wallengren, 1857) – Basuto skolly, Basuto magpie *''

Thestor brachycerus ''Thestor brachycerus'', the Knysna skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa. The wingspan is 27–36 mm for males and 29–39 mm for females. Adults are on the wing from December to Ja ...

'' (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 ''Thestor compassbergae'', the Compassberg skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known from grassy inclusions in Nama Karoo on the mountain slopes of the Kompasberg, above Nieu ...

'' 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

External links

''Thestor''
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