# Thereus orasus

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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox
| image = Thereus orasus male.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = Thereus orasus female.jpg
| image2_caption = Female
| taxon = Thereus orasus
| authority = ([Godman](/source/Frederick_DuCane_Godman) & [Salvin](/source/Osbert_Salvin), [1887])
| synonyms =
*''Thecla orasus'' <small>Godman & Salvin, [1887]</small>
*''Thecla echinita'' <small>Schaus, 1902</small>
}}

'''''Thereus orasus''''' is a species of [butterfly](/source/butterfly) of the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae). It occurs in montane habitats from central [Mexico](/source/Mexico) (Colima and Veracruz) to those of western [Panama](/source/Panama) (Chiriquí) at elevations from 1,100 to 1,800 meters.

The larvae feed on ''[Struthanthus condensatus](/source/Struthanthus_condensatus)''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Robbins|first1=Robert|last2=Heredia|first2=Maria Dolores|last3=Busby|first3=Robert C.|date=2015-09-16|title=Male secondary sexual structures and the systematics of the Thereus oppia species group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)|url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/6082/|journal=ZooKeys|language=en|issue=520 |pages=109–130|doi=10.3897/zookeys.520.10134|issn=1313-2970|doi-access=free|pmid=26448715 |pmc=4591724|bibcode=2015ZooK..520..109R }}</ref>

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

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