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Taxonomy of Genus Thestor Hubner, 1819


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
13
3266
144998
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyLycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers
1005
38169
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMiletinae
Corbet, 1939
Apeflies, Harvester, Harvesters
13
1019
Genera
Species
TribeMiletini
Reuter, 1896
9
887
Genera
Species
SubtribeLachnocnemina
Clench, 1955
2
167
Genera
Species
GenusThestor
Hubner, 1819
110Species
Subnodes of Thestor Hubner, 1819
SpeciesThestor alpina Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1890
SpeciesThestor aridus Van Son, 1941
SpeciesThestor aurantiaca Staudinger, 1901
SpeciesThestor ballus Fabricius, 1787
2Subspecies
SpeciesThestor barbatus Henning & Henning, 1997
Bearded Skolly
SpeciesThestor basuta Wallengren, 1857
1Subspecies
SpeciesThestor basutus Wallengren, 1857
Basuto Magpie, Basuto Skolly
2Subspecies
SpeciesThestor bisaurantia Turati, 1928
SpeciesThestor boisduvali Oberthür, 1910
SpeciesThestor brachycera Trimen, 1883
SpeciesThestor brachycerus Swanepoel, 1968
Knysna Skolly
2Subspecies
SpeciesThestor braunsi Van Son, 1941  ⇒ Thestor calviniae
Braun's Skolly, Brauns’ Skolly, Braun´s Skolly
SpeciesThestor callimachus Eversmann, 1848
2Subspecies
SpeciesThestor calviniae Riley, 1954
Calvinia Skolly, Dickson's Skolly, Hantamsberg Skolly
SpeciesThestor camdeboo C.G.C. Dickson & Wykeham, 1994
Camdeboo Skolly
SpeciesThestor catalonica de Sagarra, 1932
SpeciesThestor claasensi Heath & Pringle, 2004
SpeciesThestor claassensi Heath & Pringle, 2004
Claassens' Skolly, Claassen´s Skolly, South Coast Skolly
SpeciesThestor coetzeri Pringle & Heath, 2019
SpeciesThestor compassbergae Quickelberge & McMaster, 1970
Compassberg Skolly
SpeciesThestor concolor Agenjo, 1934
SpeciesThestor cyprius Stichel, 1911
SpeciesThestor cyrenaica Turati, 1924
SpeciesThestor dentata Staudinger, 1891
SpeciesThestor dicksoni Riley, 1954
Dickson´s Skolly
4Subspecies
SpeciesThestor dobrogensis Caradja, 1895
SpeciesThestor dryburghi Van Son, 1966
Dryburg's Skolly
SpeciesThestor dukei Van Son, 1951  ⇒ Thestor overbergensis
SpeciesThestor epiphania Herrich-Schäffer, 1850
SpeciesThestor fedtschenkoi Erschoff, 1874
2Subspecies
SpeciesThestor flavescens de Sagarra, 1927
SpeciesThestor flavosticta de Sagarra, 1927
SpeciesThestor hafis Kollar, 1850
SpeciesThestor holmesi Van Son, 1951
Holmes' Skolly, Holmes´s Skolly
SpeciesThestor illuminata Turati, 1924
SpeciesThestor kaplani Dickson & Stephen, 1971
Gorgeous Skolly, Kaplan's Skolly, Kaplan's Thestor
SpeciesThestor maculifera Staudinger, 1892
SpeciesThestor maroccanus Zopp, 1954
SpeciesThestor masoi Pujol, 1948
SpeciesThestor monotona Schwingenschuss, 1939
SpeciesThestor montanus Van Son, 1941
Mountain Skolly
2Subspecies
SpeciesThestor murrayi Swanepoel, 1954
Murray's Skolly, Murray´s Skolly
SpeciesThestor nesimachus Oberthür, 1894
SpeciesThestor nogelii Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
7Subspecies
SpeciesThestor oberthuri Holland, 1909
SpeciesThestor obscura Rühl, 1894
SpeciesThestor obscurus Van Son, 1941  ⇒ Uranothauma frederikkae
Peninsula Skolly
SpeciesThestor overbergensis Heath & Pringle, 2004
Overberg Skolly
SpeciesThestor penningtoni Van Son, 1949
Pennington's Skolly, Pennington´s Skolly
SpeciesThestor petalus Cramer, 1779  ⇒ Thestor protumnus
SpeciesThestor petra Pennington, 1962
Rock Skolly
2Subspecies
SpeciesThestor phychrokoilios Forbes, 1929
SpeciesThestor pictus Van Son, 1941
Langeberg Skolly
SpeciesThestor pringlei Dickson, 1976
Pringle's Skolly
SpeciesThestor protumnus Linnaeus, 1764
Boland Skolly
4Subspecies
SpeciesThestor riley i Pennington, 1956
SpeciesThestor rileyi Pennington, 1956
Riley's Skolly, Riley´s Skolly
SpeciesThestor romanovi Christoph, 1882
SpeciesThestor rooibergensis Heath, 1994
Rooiberg Skolly
SpeciesThestor rossouwi C.G.C. Dickson, 1971
Rossouw's Skolly
SpeciesThestor roussowi Dickson, 1971
SpeciesThestor sabulosus Oberthür, 1910
SpeciesThestor silvius Fabricius, 1787
SpeciesThestor stepheni Swanepoel, 1968
Stephen's Skolly
SpeciesThestor strutti Van Son, 1951
Strutt's Skolly, Winter Skolly
SpeciesThestor subtusconfluens Zopp, 1954
SpeciesThestor subtuspartimconfluens Oberthür, 1896
SpeciesThestor subtusreductus Zopp, 1954
SpeciesThestor swanepoeli Pennington, 1971  ⇒ Thestor rossouwi
SpeciesThestor syriaca Zopp, 1954
1Subspecies
SpeciesThestor syriaca-splendens Zopp, 1954
SpeciesThestor tempe Pennington, 1962  ⇒ Thestor petra
Rock Skolly
1Subspecies
SpeciesThestor tristis Oberthür, 1915
SpeciesThestor umbra Grose-Smith, 1901
SpeciesThestor undulatus Oberthür, 1910
SpeciesThestor vansoni Pennington, 1962
Van Son's Skolly, Van Son´s Skolly
SpeciesThestor weberi Holland, 1909
SpeciesThestor yildizae Koçak, 1983
Peninsula Skolly

Synonyms
Arrugia (Wallengren, 1872)


Distribution of Thestor Hubner, 1819
Algeria, Angola, Botswana, France, Greece, Israel, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, USA, Zambia, Zimbabwe


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