{{Short description|Species of butterfly}} {{Speciesbox | image = Thereus lomalarga male.jpg | image_caption = Male | image2 = Thereus lomalarga female.jpg | image2_caption = Female | taxon = Thereus lomalarga | authority = Robbins, Heredia & Busby, 2015 | synonyms = }}
'''''Thereus lomalarga''''' is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Costa Rica to the western slope of the Andes in Ecuador. It occurs in the great variety of forested habitats.
The larvae feed on ''Oryctanthus alveolatus''.
==Etymology== The species is named for Loma Larga, a housing development on the outskirts of Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali.<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)]{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref>
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Category:Butterflies described in 2015 Category:Thereus
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