Thestor strutti

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Morton, A. |date=2020 |title=Thestor strutti |volume=2020 |page=e.T21757A168311935 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T21757A168311935.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Thestor strutti

| authority = van Son, 1951

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Thestor strutti, the Strutt's skolly, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known from sparse fynbos on the high slopes near the north end of the Bainskloof Pass near Wolseley in the Western Cape.

The wingspan is 25–27 mm for males and 26–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late July or August to early September. There is one generation per year.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

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Category:Thestor

Category:Butterflies described in 1951

Category:Endemic butterflies of South Africa

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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