Thestor braunsi: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Thestor
Species
Thestor braunsi
Scientific Name
Thestor braunsi

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Thestor braunsi

Thestor braunsi, the Braun's skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the West Cape Nama Karoo from Greyton, the north and south of Swartberg, east to Willowmore and west to the Robertson area.

The wingspan is 26–28 mm for males and 27–30 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October and March in most of the range and in January in Greyton. There are two generations per year.

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Thestor braunsi in languages:

English
Braun's skolly

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Thestor braunsi
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Thestor braunsi
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Thestor braunsi
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Thestor braunsi
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Thestor braunsi
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Thestor braunsi
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