Thereus orasus
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Thereus orasus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Thereus |
Species: | T. orasus
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Thereus orasus | |
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Thereus orasus is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It occurs in montane habitats from central Mexico (Colima and Veracruz) to those of western Panama (Chiriquí) at elevations from 1,100 to 1,800 meters.
The larvae feed on Struthanthus condensatus.[1]
References
- ^ Robbins, Robert; Heredia, Maria Dolores; Busby, Robert C. (2015-09-16). "Male secondary sexual structures and the systematics of the Thereus oppia species group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)". ZooKeys (520): 109–130. Bibcode:2015ZooK..520..109R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.520.10134. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4591724. PMID 26448715.
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