Porthecla barba

Porthecla barba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Porthecla
Species: P. barba
Binomial name
Porthecla barba
(Druce, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Thecla barba Druce, 1907
  • Parrhasius nicanoriana Salazar, 2000
  • Parrhasius nicandriana Salazar, 2000

Porthecla barba is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in northern and western Colombia and western Ecuador at altitudes between 1,375 and 2,300 meters.

The length of the forewings is 18.4 mm for males and 17.5 mm for females.[2]

References

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  1. Porthecla at funet.fi
  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