Porthecla ravus
Porthecla ravus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Amazon basin and southern Brazil.
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The length of the forewings is 14.5 mm for males and 13.6 mm for females.[2] Adults are on wing year-round. They feed on the nectar of Cordia schomburgkii.
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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
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