Thestor rossouwi

Thestor rossouwi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Thestor
Species: T. rossouwi
Binomial name
Thestor rossouwi
Dickson, 1971
Synonyms
  • Thestor swanepoeli Pennington, 1971

Rossouw's Skolly (Thestor rossouwi) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa., where it is known from coastal fynbos from between Riversdale and Stilbaai, west to Hermanus, Cape Agulhas and Bredasdorp in the West Cape.

The wingspan is 27–32 mm for males and 30–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to April. There might be more than 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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