| Thestor dryburghi | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Thestor |
| Species: | T. dryburghi |
| Binomial name | |
| Thestor dryburghi van Son, 1966 |
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Dryburgh's Skolly (Thestor dryburghi) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa where it is only known from northern Namaqualand in succulent Karoo-covered hills at Kamieskroon to the north-west of Steinkopf in the North Cape.
The wingspan is 34-37 mm for males and 36-38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from August to October. There is one generation per year[1].