Thestor
''Thestor'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are Afrotropical. Species *'' 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thestor Yildizae
''Thestor'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi .... Species *'' 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 and August to October in Namaqualand. Subspecies ''terblanchei'' is on wing from January to March. The peak flight times vary per locality. The larvae feed on coccid Scale insects are small insects of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient g ...s (scale insects). Subspecies *''Thestor protumnus protumnus'' – Cape Peninsula, south-western Cape *''Thestor protumnus aridus'' van Son, 1941 – Cape, Free State *''Thestor protumnus terblanchei'' Henning & Henning, 1993 – Free State left, 240px, ''T. p.'' subsp. ''aridus'', the desert Boland skolly References Butt ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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. There is one generation per year. Subspecies *''Thestor petra petra'' (Western Cape on the Gydoberg, Tierberg, Matroosberg and Skurweberg mountains around Ceres) *''Thestor petra tempe'' Pennington, 1962 (Western Cape in the Klein Karoo The Karoo ( ; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe Khoemana (also known as !Orakobab or Korana) word is a semidesert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo is available, so its extent is ... mountains near Seweweekspoort, Elandsberg and Rooiberg) References * Butterflies described in 1962 Thestor Endemic butterflies of South Africa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 January. There is one generation per year. Larvae have been found in the nests of the pugnacious ant, ''Anoplolepis custodiens'', but the larval food is unknown. Subspecies *''Thestor brachycerus brachycerus'' – seaside skolly ::Range: Western Cape, confined to the heads at Knysna *''Thestor brachycerus dukei'' van Son, 1951 – Duke's skolly ::Range: Karoo and fynbos along the Langeberg from Die Koo to Montagu, then along the Swartberg and Elandsberg to the Outeniqua Mountains and along the southern Western Cape coast from Kogelberg to Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 generation per year. Subspecies *''Thestor dicksoni dicksoni'' (montane fynbos in the Dasklip Pass near Porterville to the Roodezandsberg near the Tulbagh Kloof) *''Thestor dicksoni malagas'' Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 (along the Atlantic coast and on the Langebaan Langebaan is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa on the eastern shore of Langebaan Lagoon. Langebaan is situated 120 km north of Cape Town, just off the R27 (Western Cape), R27, about 28 km from Vredenburg and 20 ... peninsula) *''Thestor dicksoni warreni'' Ball, 1994 (arid strandveld Karoo near Graafwater, between Clanwilliam and Lambertsbaai) References Butterflies described in 1954 Thestor Endemic butterflies of South Africa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 from October to November and from February to April. There is one generation per year. Subspecies *''Thestor basutus basutus'' (East Cape to Lesotho, the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, the Orange Free State, the North West Province and North Cape, Botswana, eastern Zimbabwe) *''Thestor basutus capeneri'' Dickson, 1972 (Gauteng and, Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga) References Butterflies described in 1857 Thestor {{Miletinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |