Thestor basutus basutus

Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Miletinae
Tribus: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Thestor
Species: Thestor basutus
Species: Thestor basutus basutus

Name

Thestor basutus basutus (Wallengren, 1857).

Type locality: [South Africa]: “Caffraria [Eastern Cape Province]”.

Holotype: NRM, Stockholm. images.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page. 
• C.G.C. Dickson, 1978. List of southern African lycaenid subfamilies and genera, in approximate systematic sequence. In: Dickson, C.G.C., & Kroon, D.M. [Eds]. Pennington’s butterflies of southern Africa. A.D. Donker, Johannesburg: 1–670. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 22(3): 343–355. BHL. Reference page. 
• Pringle, E.L., Henning, G.A. & Ball, J.B. [Eds], 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa 2nd edn. Struik Winchester, Cape Town: 1-800. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, Figs. 229-348. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1887. In Trimen, R. & Bowker, J.H. South-African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2: Erycinidae and Lycaenidae. vi + 242 pp., pls 7–9 London. Reference page. 
• Wallengren, H.D.J. 1857. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838–1845 collecta a J.A. Wahlberg. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (n.s.) 2(4): 55 pp. BHL Reference page.