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Thereus brocki

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Species of butterfly

Thereus brocki
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Thereus
Species: T. brocki
Binomial name
Thereus brocki
Robbins, Heredia & Busby, 2015

Thereus brocki is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It found from eastern Colombia to eastern Peru. The habitat consists of wet forests up to about 1,000 meters elevation.

Etymology

The species is named for James Brock of Tucson, Arizona who collected the holotype.

References

  1. Male secondary sexual structures and the systematics of the Thereus oppia species group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)
Taxon identifiers
Thereus brocki


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