''Porthecla minyia'' is a

butterfly 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 ...

. It is found in the

Amazon basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

and the

Guianas The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word ''Guayanas'' (''Las Guayanas''), is a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories: * French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France * ...

at altitudes between 100 and 1,000 meters. The length of the forewings is 16.2 mm for males and 15.1 mm for females., 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 Adults are on wing in August and December. They feed on the nectar of '' Cordia schomburgkii''.

References

Butterflies described in 1867 Eumaeini Lycaenidae of South America Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Eumaeini-stub