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Theritas
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Theritas

Theritas is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae) found in the Neotropics. Among the tribe Eumaeini of its subfamily Theclinae, it is usually placed in the group around the genus Atlides. In particular, it seems most closely related to Arcas.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Deep-green Hairstreak

speciesTheritas mavors

Theritas triquetra

speciesTheritas triquetra

Theritas paupera

speciesTheritas paupera

Theritas drucei

speciesTheritas drucei

Theritas harrietta

speciesTheritas harrietta

Theritas adamsi

speciesTheritas adamsi

Theritas gozmanyi

speciesTheritas gozmanyi

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133422.