Thereus chontachaca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Cladus: Antennopoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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 chontachaca

Name

Thereus chontachaca Faynel, Fåhraeus & González-Mercado in Faynel et al., 2025

Type locality: Pérou, Cusco, Carretera Manu, Km 89 Chontachaca, 772 m, Réserve Tierra Linda.

Holotype: MUSM. male ♂. 04.VIII.2021. legit C. Faynel. CF-LYC-1635.

References

Primary references

• Faynel, C., Huertas, B., Le Crom, J.F., O'Brien, R. & Fåhraeus, C. 2025. Diagnostic male secondary sexual structures and wing patterns in the Thereus genena species group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) with the description of nine new species from Colombia, Peru, Brazil and French Guiana. Zootaxa 5728(2): 201–246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.2.1. Reference page.