Thestor

Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

This article is about a genus of butterflies. For mythological figures of this name, see Thestor (mythology).

Thestor

T. basutus, T. brachycerus
& T. protumnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Subfamily:  | Miletinae
Tribe:  | Lachnocnemini
Genus:  | Thestor
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms

* Arrugia Wallengren, 1872

Thestor is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are Afrotropical.

## Species

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* 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

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* Thestor at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

Taxon identifiers

Thestor|

* Wikidata: Q1347861
* Wikispecies: Thestor
* BioLib: 623962
* ButMoth: 28990.0
* CoL: 9CM8Y
* EoL: 33014
* GBIF: 1931495
* iNaturalist: 92502
* Insecta.pro: 27164
* IRMNG: 1038857
* LepIndex: 194768
* NCBI: 1610675
* Open Tree of Life: 3146840

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