Thestor yildizae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Thestor
- Species
- Thestor yildizae
- Scientific Name
- Thestor yildizae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Thestor yildizae
Thestor yildizae, the peninsula skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only found on the high slopes of the Cape Peninsula Mountains in the Western Cape.
The wingspan is 25–32 mm for males and 28–36.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late November to early February. There is one generation per year.
Larvae have been found in the nests of the pugnacious ant (Anoplolepis custodiens), but the larval food is unknown.
...Thestor yildizae in languages:
- English
- peninsula skolly
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Thestor barbatus
- Thestor basutus
- Thestor brachycerus
- Thestor braunsi
- Thestor calviniae
- Thestor camdeboo
- Thestor claassensi
- Thestor compassbergae
- Thestor dicksoni
- Thestor dryburghi
- Thestor holmesi
- Thestor kaplani
- Thestor montanus
- Thestor murrayi
- Thestor overbergensis
- Thestor penningtoni
- Thestor petra
- Thestor pictus
- Thestor pringlei
- Thestor protumnus
- Thestor rileyi
- Thestor rooibergensis
- Thestor rossouwi
- Thestor stepheni
- Thestor strutti
- Thestor swanepoeli
- Thestor tempe
- Thestor vansoni
- Thestor yildizae























