Thereus orasus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Thereus
Species: Thereus orasus

Thereus orasus (Godman & {{a|Osbert Salvin|Salvin, 1887).

Type locality: Guatemala, Purula.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, images.

Thecla orasus Godman & Salvin, 1887: 55, pl.55 figs 11,12; Bridges, 1994: VIII.341.
Thecla echinita Schaus, 1902: 418. Mexico, Orizaba USNM. (synonymized by Robbins, 2004)
Thereus orasus (Godman & Salvin); Lamas, 2004: 122.

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Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
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Robbins, R.K., Heredia, M.D. & Busby, R.C. 2015. Male secondary sexual structures and the systematics of the Thereus oppia species group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini). Zookeys 520: 109-130. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.520.10134 Full article Reference page.
Schaus, W. 1902. Descriptions of new American butterflies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 24 (1262): 383-460. Reference page.