Thereus ortaloides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 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 ortaloides

Name

Thereus ortaloides (Lathy, 1930)

Type locality: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. 10.II.1976. EL8450. NHM - B. Huertas, Prél. Tissu 23.2.2024 ADN-EL84503.

Synonymy

• Thecla ortaloides Lathy 1930: 78 (original combination)
• Thereus ortaloides Lathy - Faynel et al., 2025 stat. rev.

References

Primary references

• Lathy, P.I., 1930. Notes on South American Lycaenidae with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the entomological Society of London. 78(1): 133–137. Reference page. 

Additional 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.