Thestor pringlei

Thestor pringlei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Thestor
Species: T. pringlei
Binomial name
Thestor pringlei
Dickson, 1976

Pringle's Skolly (Thestor pringlei) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in the West Cape in dry Nama Karoo on the Roggeveld escarpment near Sutherland and near Calvinia in the North Cape.

The wingspan is 26–28 mm for males and 27–29 mm for females. Adults are on wing in December. There is one generation per year.[1]

References

  1. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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