Thereus orasus

Thereus orasus
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Thereus
Species:	T. orasus
Binomial name
	Thereus orasus; (Godman & Salvin, [1887])
Synonyms
	Thecla orasus Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Thecla echinita Schaus, 1902;

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 edit

^ 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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[1] 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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