Thestor camdeboo

Thestor camdeboo, the Camdeboo skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from grassveld inclusions in Nama Karoo on the upper slopes of the Camdeboo Mountains north of Aberdeen in the East Cape.

Thestor camdeboo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Thestor
Species:
T. camdeboo
Binomial name
Thestor camdeboo
Dickson & Wykeham, 1994[2]

The wingspan is 26–28 mm for males and 27–29 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the end of November to mid-December. There is one generation per year.[3]

References

  1. Pringle, E.L. (2020). "Thestor camdeboo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161318961A168312961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161318961A168312961.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Thestor at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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