# Thereus brocki

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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image = Thereus brocki male.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = Thereus brocki female.jpg
| image2_caption = Female
| taxon = Thereus brocki
| authority = Robbins, Heredia & Busby, 2015
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}}

'''''Thereus brocki''''' is a species of [butterfly](/source/butterfly) of the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae). It found from eastern [Colombia](/source/Colombia) to eastern [Peru](/source/Peru). The habitat consists of wet forests up to about 1,000 meters elevation.

==Etymology==
The species is named for James Brock of Tucson, Arizona who collected the holotype.<ref>[https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6082 Male secondary sexual structures and the systematics of the Thereus oppia species group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)]</ref>

==References==
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Category:Butterflies described in 2015
Category:Thereus
Category:Lycaenidae of South America

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