Porthecla ravus

Porthecla ravus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Porthecla
Species:	P. ravus
Binomial name
	Porthecla ravus; (Druce 1907)[1]
Synonyms
	Thecla ravus Druce, 1907;

Porthecla ravus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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.

References

Porthecla at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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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[1] Porthecla at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] 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