Thestor strutti

Thestor strutti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Thestor
Species: T. strutti
Binomial name
Thestor strutti
van Son, 1951

Strutt's Skolly (Thestor strutti) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known from sparse fynbos on the high slopes near the north end of the Bain's Kloof Pass near Wolseley in the West Cape.

The wingspan is 25–27 mm for males and 26–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late July or August to early September. There is one generation per year.[1]

Sources

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