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Genus: Thestor

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Miletinae > Tribe: Lachnocnemini

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Vári & Kroon (2002).

Thestor barbatus (Bearded skolly)    

 

 

Thestor basutus (Basuto skolly, Basuto magpie)

 

Thestor brachycerus (Knysna skolly)

 

 

Thestor braunsi (Brauns's skolly)

 

Thestor camdeboo (Camdeboo skolly)

 

 

Thestor compassbergae (Campassberg skolly)

 

 

Thestor dicksoni (Dickson's skolly)

 

 

Thestor dryburghi (Dryburgh's skolly)

 

 

Thestor dukei     

 

 

Thestor holmesi (Holmes skolly)

 

 

Thestor kaplani (Kaplan's skolly)

 

 

Thestor malagas

 

 

Thestor montanus (Mountain skolly)

 

 

Thestor murrayi (Murray's skolly)

 

 

Thestor penningtoni (Pennington's skolly)

 

 

Thestor petra (Rock skolly)

 

 

Thestor pictus (Langeberg skolly)

 

 

Thestor pringlei (Pringle's skolly)       

 

 

Thestor protumnus (Boland skolly)

 

 

Thestor rileyi (Riley's skolly)

 

 

Thestor rooibergensis (Rooiberg skolly)

 

 

Thestor rossouwi (Rossouw's skolly)

 

Thestor stepheni (Stephen's skolly)

 

 

Thestor strutti (Strutt's skolly)

 

 

Thestor swanepoeli

 

 

Thestor tempe  

 

 

Thestor terblanchei

 

 

Thestor vansoni (Thestor vansoni)

 

 

Thestor yildizae (Peninsula skolly)

 

 

Publications

  • VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.