Thereus lomalarga

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 lomalarga

Thereus lomalarga Robbins , Heredia & Busby, 2015

Type locality: Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Cali, Pance, Loma Larga, 1200m, 3°19'N, 76°34'W.

Holotype: IAVH. male ♂. 1.IV.2011. legit M.D. Heredia. IA- vH-E-146988.

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.
Heredia, M.D. & Robbins, R.K. 2016. Natural history of the mistletoe-feeding Thereus lomalarga (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) in Colombia. Zootaxa 4117(3): 301–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.3.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page.