Thestor

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Miletinae
Tribus: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Thestor
Species (alphabetic): T. barbatus – T. basutus – T. brachycerus – T. braunsi – T. calviniae – T. camdeboo – T. claasensi – T. coetzeri – T. compassbergae – T. dicksoni – T. dryburghi – T. holmesi – T. kaplani – T. montanus – T. murrayi – T. overbergensis – T. penningtoni – T. petra – T. pictus – T. pringlei – T. protumnus – T. rileyi – T. rooibergensis – T. rossouwi – T. stepheni – T. strutti – T. vansoni – T. yildizae
Name

Thestor Hubner, 1819: 73.

Type Species: Papilio petalus Cramer, designated by Scudder, 1875: 281.
Synonymy

Arrugia Wallengren, 1872, TS Papilio protumnus Linnaeus, 1764: 340, designated by Röber, 1892: 277.

Sub-Generic Groups

Species Groups sensu Heath & Pringle, 2004.
basutus Species Group

T. basutus – T. dryburghi – T. protumnus
brachycerus Species Group

T. barbatus – T. brachycerus – T. claasensi – T. holmesi – T. overbergensis – T. penningtoni – T. petra – T. rileyi – T. stepheni – T. yildizae
braunsi Species Group

T. braunsi – T. calviniae – T. dicksoni – T. montanus – T. pictus – T. rooibergensis – T. strutti – T. vansoni
compassbergi Species Group

T. camdeboo – T. compassbergae – T. kaplani – T. pringlei
murrayi Species Group

T. murrayi
rossouwi Species Group

T. rossouwi
References

Heath, A., & Pringle, E.L., 2004. A review of the southern African genus Thestor Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae). Metamorphosis 15(3): 91–151. pdf. Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1816–1826. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg. Papilionoidea. BHL Reference page.
Pringle, E.L. & Heath, A. 2019. A new species of Thestor Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae) from the Clanwilliam region of the Western Cape, South Africa. Metamorphosis 30: 51–54. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Röber, J., 1892. In Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., Exot. Schmett. 2. Die Familien und Gattungen der Tagfalter (6), 284pp., 50 pls. Bayern, Fürth. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293. BHL Reference page.

Links

Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. Thestor Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

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'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

Thestor at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera