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Thereus brocki

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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

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The species is named for James Brock of Tucson, Arizona who collected the holotype.[1]

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