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Thestor basutus (Basuto skolly, Basuto magpie)

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 > Genus: Thestor

Thestor basutus (Basuto skolly, Basuto magpie) Thestor basutus (Basuto skolly, Basuto magpie)
Thestor basutus (Basuto skolly, Basuto magpie) male, Inchanga. [photos Steve Woodhall ©]
Thestor basutus (Basuto skolly, Basuto magpie) Thestor basutus (Basuto skolly, Basuto magpie)

Thestor basutus (Basuto skolly, Basuto magpie) female, Inchanga. [photos Steve Woodhall ©]