''Porthecla'' is a
Neotropical genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
.
Species
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Porthecla annette''
Faynel & R.K. Robbins, 2011
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Porthecla barba''
(Druce, 1907)
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Porthecla dinus''
(Hewitson, 1867)
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Porthecla forasteira''
Faynel & A. Moser, 2011
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Porthecla gemma''
(Druce, 1907)
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Porthecla johanna''
Faynel & R.K. Robbins, 2011
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Porthecla minyia''
(Hewitson, 1867)
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Porthecla peruensis''
Faynel & A. Moser, 2011
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Porthecla porthura''
(Druce, 1907)
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Porthecla prietoi''
Faynel & Busby, 2011
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Porthecla ravus''
(Druce, 1907)
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Porthecla willmotti''
Busby, Faynel & A. Moser, 2011
Former species
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Oenomaus melleus''
(Druce, 1907)
References
* , 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.
Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
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