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