Porthecla dinus
| Porthecla dinus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Porthecla |
| Species: | P. dinus |
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| Porthecla dinus (Hewitson, 1867)[1] | |
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Porthecla dinus is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in fragmented montane habitats at altitudes between 600 and 1,800 meters in south-eastern Brazil.
The length of the forewings is 16.7 mm for males and 15.6 mm for females.[2] Adults are on wing from September to April.
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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