Thestor brachycerus
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Thestor |
| Species: | T. brachycerus |
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| Thestor brachycerus (Trimen, 1883) | |
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The Knysna Skolly (Thestor brachycerus) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa.
The wingspan is 27–36 mm for males and 29–39 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to January. There is one generation per year.[1]
Larvae have been found in the nests of the Pugnacious Ant Anoplepsis custodiens, but the larval food is unknown.
Subspecies
- Thestor brachycerus brachycerus (West Cape, confined to the heads at Knysna)
- Thestor brachycerus dukei van Son, 1951 (in Karoo and Fynbos along Langeberg from Die Koo to Montagu, then along Swartberg and Elandsberg to the Outeniqua Mountains and along the southern West Cape coast from Kogelberg to Stanford)
References
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Thestor brachycerus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
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