Thereus brocki is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It found from eastern Colombia to eastern Peru. The habitat consists of wet forests up to about 1,000 meters elevation.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Thereus |
| Species: | T. brocki
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| Binomial name | |
| Thereus brocki Robbins, Heredia & Busby, 2015
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Etymology
editThe species is named for James Brock of Tucson, Arizona who collected the holotype.[1]
References
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