Porthecla annette
Porthecla annette is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Panama and central Colombia at altitudes under 1,000 meters.
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| Species: | P. annette |
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| Porthecla annette Faynel & R.K. Robbins, 2011[1] | |
The length of the forewings is 14.2 mm for males and 15 mm for females.[2]
Etymology
The species is named for Dr. Annette Aiello, a scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, who has contributed immensely to the knowledge of the Central American insect fauna.
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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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