| Thestor pringlei | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Thestor |
| Species: | T. pringlei |
| Binomial name | |
| Thestor pringlei Dickson, 1976 |
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Pringle's Skolly (Thestor pringlei) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in the West Cape in dry Nama Karoo on the Roggeveld escarpment near Sutherland and near Calvinia in the North Cape.
The wingspan is 26-28 mm for males and 27-29 mm for females. Adults are on wing in December. There is one generation per year[1].