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''Thestor'' is a genus of butterflies 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 butterf ...
. 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


External links


''Thestor''
at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Miletinae Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Miletinae-stub