Porthecla willmotti

Porthecla willmotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Porthecla
Species:	P. willmotti
Binomial name
	Porthecla willmotti; Busby, Faynel & Moser, 2011

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.

Etymology[]

The species is named for Keith Willmott, who has spent years studying the butterflies of Ecuador and was the first to discover Ecuadorian males of this species.

References[]

^ 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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[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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