Thereus oppia

Thereus oppia
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Thereus
Species:
T. oppia
Binomial name
Thereus oppia
(Godman & Salvin, [1887])
Synonyms
  • Thecla oppia Godman & Salvin, [1887]

Thereus oppia is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica at a variety of elevations. Most localities where it occurs appear to be deciduous dry forest.

The larvae feed on Struthanthus orbicularis.[1]

References

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


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