Thereus lomalarga
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| Thereus lomalarga | |
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| File:Thereus lomalarga male.jpg | |
| Male | |
| File:Thereus lomalarga female.jpg | |
| Female | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Thereus |
| Species: | T. lomalarga
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| Binomial name | |
| Thereus lomalarga Robbins, Heredia & Busby, 2015
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Thereus lomalarga is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Costa Rica to the western slope of the Andes in Ecuador. It occurs in the great variety of forested habitats.
The larvae feed on Oryctanthus alveolatus.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The species is named for Loma Larga, a housing development on the outskirts of Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Male secondary sexual structures and the systematics of the Thereus oppia species group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)File:Creative Commons by small.svg This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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