''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

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Species

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Thestor barbatus ''Thestor barbatus'', the bearded skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from the West Cape in Nama Karoo at the Paardenberg and in the northern foothills of the Outeniqua Mountains. ...

'' Henning & Henning, 1997 – bearded skolly *''

Thestor basutus ''Thestor basutus'', the Basuto skolly or Basuto magpie, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. The wingspan is 30–39 mm for males and 35–42 mm for females. Adults are on wing f ...

'' (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 ''Thestor braunsi'', the Braun's skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the West Cape Nama Karoo from Greyton, the north and south of Swartberg, east to Willowmore and west to the ...

'' van Son, 1941 – Braun's skolly *'' Thestor calviniae'' Riley, 1954 – Hantamsberg skolly *''

Thestor camdeboo ''Thestor camdeboo'', the Camdeboo skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from grassveld inclusions in Nama Karoo on the upper slopes of the Camdeboo Mountains north of Aberdeen in th ...

'' Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 – Camdeboo skolly *''

Thestor claassensi ''Thestor claassensi'', the Claassen's skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from the West Cape on coastal rocky outcrops in fynbos near Stilnaai between Knysna and Cape Town. The wi ...

'' 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 ''Thestor dicksoni'', the Dickson's skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan is 34-37.5 mm for males and 43–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to April. There is one ...

'' Riley, 1954 – Dickson's skolly *''

Thestor dryburghi ''Thestor dryburghi'', the Dryburgh's skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa where it is only known from northern Namaqualand in succulent Karoo-covered hills at Kamieskroon to the north-west of ...

'' van Son, 1966 – Dryburgh's skolly *''

Thestor holmesi ''Thestor holmesi'', the Holmes's skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known to range in the West Cape, from the Outeniqua Mountains and Jonkershoek. The wingspan The wingspan (or just sp ...

'' van Son, 1951 – Holmes's skolly *''

Thestor kaplani Kaplan's skolly or Kaplan's thestor (''Thestor kaplani''), is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known from fynbos on the slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains above Greyton in the We ...

'' Dickson & Stephen, 1971 – Kaplan's skolly, Kaplan's thestor *''

Thestor montanus ''Thestor montanus'', the mountain skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is found in fynbos covered high mountain slopes in the south-western West Cape, from Caledon to the Hottentots. The wings ...

'' van Son, 1941 – mountain skolly *'' Thestor murrayi'' Swanepoel, 1953 – Murray's skolly *''

Thestor overbergensis ''Thestor overbergensis'', the Overberg skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from coastal fynbos between Ou Plaas and De Hoop in the Western Cape. The wingspan The wingspan (o ...

'' Heath & Pringle, 2004 – Overberg skolly *'' Thestor penningtoni'' van Son, 1949 – Pennington's skolly *''

Thestor petra ''Thestor petra'', the rock skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa. The wingspan is 22–28 mm for males and 26–34 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late November to January. ...

'' Pennington, 1962 – rock skolly *''

Thestor pictus ''Thestor pictus'', the Langeberg skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is found in fynbos-covered mountain slopes above Garcia's Pass on the Langeberg. The wingspan is 26–28 mm for males a ...

'' van Son, 1941 – Langeberg skolly *''

Thestor pringlei ''Thestor pringlei'', the Pringle's skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in the Western Cape in dry Nama Karoo on the Roggeveld escarpment near Sutherland and near Calvinia ...

'' Dickson, 1976 – Pringle's skolly *''

Thestor protumnus ''Thestor protumnus'', the Boland skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is only found in South Africa. The wingspan is 22–37.5 mm for males and 24–42.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to December an ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1764) – Boland skolly *'' Thestor rileyi'' Pennington, 1956 – Riley's skolly *'' Thestor rooibergensis'' Heath, 1994 – Rooiberg skolly *''

Thestor rossouwi ''Thestor rossouwi'', the Rossouw's skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa., where it is known from coastal fynbos from between Riversdale and Stilbaai, west to Hermanus, Cape Agulhas and Bredas ...

'' Dickson, 1971 – Rossouw's skolly *''

Thestor stepheni ''Thestor stepheni'', the Stephen's skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in the Riviersonderend Mountains above the Boesmanskloof Pass and Greyton in the Western Cape. It i ...

'' Swanepoel, 1968 – Stephen's skolly *''

Thestor strutti ''Thestor strutti'', the Strutt's skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known from sparse fynbos on the high slopes near the north end of the Bainskloof Pass near Wolseley in ...

'' van Son, 1951 – Strutt's skolly *''

Thestor vansoni ''Thestor vansoni'', the Van Son's skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is found in the Nama Karoo just below the peaks of the Gydoberg, the Skurweberg and the Cederberg in the Western Cape. The ...

'' Pennington, 1962 – Van Son's skolly *''

Thestor yildizae ''Thestor yildizae'', the peninsula skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only found on the high slopes of the Cape Peninsula Mountains in the Western Cape. The wingspan is 25–32 ...

'' Koçak, 1983 – peninsula skolly

External links

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