Porthecla willmotti
| Porthecla willmotti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Porthecla |
| Species: | P. willmotti
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| Binomial name | |
| Porthecla willmotti Busby, Faynel & Moser, 2011[1]
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Porthecla willmotti is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru at altitudes between 1,500 and 2,200 meters.
The length of the forewings is 18.2 mm for males and 18.1 mm for females.[2] Adults are on wing from August to November.
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- ^ Porthecla at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ 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