# Thereus oppia

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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox
| image = Thereus oppia male.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = Thereus oppia female.jpg
| image2_caption = Female
| taxon = Thereus oppia
| authority = ([Godman](/source/Frederick_DuCane_Godman) & [Salvin](/source/Osbert_Salvin), [1887])
| synonyms =
*''Thecla oppia'' <small>Godman & Salvin, [1887]</small>
}}

'''''Thereus oppia''''' is a species of [butterfly](/source/butterfly) of the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae). It is found from [Mexico](/source/Mexico) to [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica) at a variety of elevations. Most localities where it occurs appear to be deciduous dry forest.

The larvae feed on ''[Struthanthus orbicularis](/source/Struthanthus_orbicularis)''.<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>

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Category:Butterflies described in 1887
Category:Thereus
Category:Butterflies of North America
Category:Butterflies of Central America
Category:Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
Category:Taxa named by Osbert Salvin

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