''Thepytus thyrea '' is a

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bi ...

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...

. It is found in French Guiana, Panama and Brazil (Amazonas).

Bernard d'Abrera Bernard d'Abrera (28 August 1940 – 13 January 2017) was an Australian entomological taxonomist and philosopher of science, particularly noted for his books on true butterflies ( Papilionoidea) and larger moths of the world ( Saturniidae and ...

, 1995 ''Butterflies of the Neotropical Region'' Hill House/Lansdowne Melbourne in association with E.W. Classey part 7 1995 Lycaenidae

References

Theclinae Butterflies described in 1867 {{Theclinae-stub