Thestor protumnus

Thestor protumnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Thestor
Species:	T. protumnus
Binomial name
Thestor protumnus (Linnaeus, 1764)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio protumnus Linnaeus, 1764 Papilio petalus Cramer, [1779] Thestor protumnus mijburghi Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 Thestor terblanchei Henning & Henning, 1993 Papilio silvius Fabricius, 1787

The Boland Skolly (Thestor protumnus) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is only found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 22-37.5 mm for males and 24-42.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to December and August to October in Namaqualand. Subspecies terblanchei is on wing from January to March. The peak flight times vary per locality.^[2]

The larvae feed on coccids.

Subspecies

• Thestor protumnus protumnus (Cape Peninsula, south-western Cape)
• Thestor protumnus aridus van Son, 1941 (Cape, Orange Free State)
• Thestor protumnus terblanchei Henning & Henning, 1993 (Orange Free State)

References

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