Porthecla gemma
| Porthecla gemma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Porthecla |
| Species: | P. gemma |
| Binomial name | |
| Porthecla gemma (Druce, 1907)[1] | |
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Porthecla gemma is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Amazon Basin and the Guianas at altitudes between 100 and 1,000 meters.
The length of the forewings is 14.6 mm for males and 13.9 mm for females.[2] Adults are on wing year round.
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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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