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Porthecla barba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Porthecla
Species:	P. barba
Binomial name
Porthecla barba (Druce, 1907)
Synonyms
Thecla barba Druce, 1907 Parrhasius nicanoriana Salazar, 2000 Parrhasius nicandriana Salazar, 2000

Porthecla barba is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in northern and western Colombia and western Ecuador at altitudes between 1,375 and 2,300 meters.

The length of the forewings is 18.4 mm for males and 17.5 mm for females.

References

1. Porthecla at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. 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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