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.

Thereus brocki
Male
Female
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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

Etymology

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

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