Porthecla ravus
| Porthecla ravus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Porthecla |
| Species: | P. ravus |
| Binomial name | |
| Porthecla ravus (Druce 1907)[1] | |
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Porthecla ravus is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Amazon Basin and southern Brazil.
The length of the forewings is 14.5 mm for males and 13.6 mm for females.[2] Adults are on wing year-round. They feed on the nectar of Cordia schomburgkii.
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- ↑ Porthecla at funet.fi
- ↑ Faynel, C. ; R.C. Busby ; A. Moser & R.K. Robbins, 2011: Species level taxonomy of the Neotropical hairstreak genus Porthecla (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.), 47(1-2): 241-259
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