| Thereus brocki | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Thereus |
| Species: | T. brocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Thereus brocki Robbins, Heredia & Busby, 2015 | |
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The species is named for James Brock of Tucson, Arizona who collected the holotype. [1]
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