Thestor
Encyclopedia
Thestor is a genus of butterfly
in the Lycaenidae
family.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
family.
Species
- Thestor barbatusThestor barbatusThe Bearded Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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 - Thestor basutusThestor basutusThe Basuto Skolly or Basuto Magpie is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe....
(Wallengren, 1857) - Thestor brachycerusThestor brachycerusThe Knysna Skolly is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa.The wingspan is 27-36 mm for males and 29-39 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to January...
(Trimen, 1883) - Thestor braunsiThestor braunsiBraun’s Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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 Robertson area....
van Son, 1941 - Thestor calviniaeThestor calviniaeThe Hantamsberg Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from montane fynbos in the foothills and at the summit of the Hantamsberg near Calvinia....
Riley, 1954 - Thestor camdebooThestor camdebooThe Camdeboo Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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 the East Cape....
Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 - Thestor claassensiThestor claassensiClaassen’s Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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....
Heath & Pringle, 2004 - Thestor compassbergaeThestor compassbergaeThe Compassberg Skolly is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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-Bethesda in the East Cape.The wingspan is 26-29 mm for males and 27-30 mm for...
Quickelberge & McMaster, 1970 - Thestor dicksoniThestor dicksoniDickson’s Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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...
Riley, 1954 - Thestor dryburghiThestor dryburghiDryburgh's Skolly is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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 Steinkopf in the North Cape.The wingspan is 34-37 mm for males and 36-38 mm for...
van Son, 1966 - Thestor holmesiThestor holmesiHolmes’s Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the West Cape, from the Hawequas Mountains and Jonkershoek....
van Son, 1951 - Thestor kaplani Dickson & Stephen, 1971 -Kaplan's Thestor
- Thestor montanusThestor montanusThe Mountain Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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....
van Son, 1941 - Thestor murrayiThestor murrayiMurray’s Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from Name Karoo in the West Cape, from the Swartberg to the Kammanassie, Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma Mountains to the Groot Winterhoekberge and Baviaanskloofberge in the East Cape.The wingspan is...
Swanepoel, 1953 - Thestor overbergensisThestor overbergensisThe Overberg Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from coastal fynbos between Ou Plaas and De Hoop in the West Cape....
Heath & Pringle, 2004 - Thestor penningtoniThestor penningtoniPennington’s Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the West Cape, from the Swartberg Pass along the Great Swartberg, Elandsberg north of Seweweekspoort, the Keeromsberg and Waboomsberg, as well as the Hex River Mountains.The wingspan is...
van Son, 1949 - Thestor petra Pennington, 1962
- Thestor pictusThestor pictusThe Langeberg Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found in fynbos covered mountain slopes above Garcia’s Pass on the Langeberg....
van Son, 1941 - Thestor pringleiThestor pringleiPringle's Skolly is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in the West Cape in dry Nama Karoo on the Roggeveld escarpment near Sutherland and near Calvinia in the North Cape....
Dickson, 1976 - Thestor protumnusThestor protumnusThe Boland Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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 and August to October in Namaqualand. Subspecies terblanchei is on wing from January to March...
(Linnaeus, 1764) - Thestor rileyiThestor rileyiRiley’s Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the West Cape, from the Helderberg and Paarl Mountain to the Kouebokkeveldberg, Piketberg and Paardeberg mountain ranges....
Pennington, 1956 - Thestor rooibergensisThestor rooibergensisThe Rooiberg Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found in fynbos covered mountain slopes in the Rooiberg area above Ladismith in the West Cape....
Heath, 1994 - Thestor rossouwiThestor rossouwiRossouw's Skolly is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa., where it is known from coastal fynbos from between Riversdale and Stilbaai, west to Hermanus, Cape Agulhas and Bredasdorp in the West Cape.The wingspan is 27-32 mm for males and 30-36 mm for...
Dickson, 1971 - Thestor stepheniThestor stepheniStephen's Skolly is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in the Riviersonderend Mountains above the Boesmanskloof Pass and Greyton in the West Cape. It is also found on the Klipberg.The wingspan is 27-36 mm for males and 31-40 mm for...
Swanepoel, 1968 - Thestor struttiThestor struttiStrutt's Skolly is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known from sparse fynbos on the high slopes near the north end of the Bain's Kloof Pass near Wolseley in the West Cape....
van Son, 1951 - Thestor vansoniThestor vansoniVan Son’s Skolly is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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 West Cape....
Pennington, 1962 - Thestor yildizaeThestor yildizaeThe Peninsula Skolly is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only found on the high slopes of the Cape Peninsula Mountains in the West Cape....
Koçak, 1983