Porthecla
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Porthecla is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
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| Porthecla minyia and other Lycaenidae in William Chapman Hewitson's Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Eumaeini |
| Genus: | Porthecla Robbins, 2004 |
Species
- Porthecla annette Faynel & R.K. Robbins, 2011
- Porthecla barba (Druce, 1907)
- Porthecla dinus (Hewitson, 1867)
- Porthecla forasteira Faynel & A. Moser, 2011
- Porthecla gemma (Druce, 1907)
- Porthecla johanna Faynel & R.K. Robbins, 2011
- Porthecla minyia (Hewitson, 1867)
- Porthecla peruensis Faynel & A. Moser, 2011
- Porthecla porthura (Druce, 1907)
- Porthecla prietoi Faynel & Busby, 2011
- Porthecla ravus (Druce, 1907)
- Porthecla willmotti Busby, Faynel & A. Moser, 2011
Former species
- Oenomaus melleus (Druce, 1907)
References
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- 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.