Protesilaus (butterfly)
Appearance
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Protesilaus stenodesmus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Tribe: | Leptocircini |
Genus: | Protesilaus Swainson, [1832] |
Species | |
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Protesilaus is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. They are native to the Americas.
Species
[edit]- Protesilaus aguiari (d'Almeida, 1937)
- Protesilaus earis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Rothschild's swordtail
- Protesilaus glaucolaus (H. W. Bates, 1864) - Bates' swordtail
- Protesilaus helios (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
- Protesilaus leucosilaus (J. Zikán, 1937)
- Protesilaus macrosilaus (Gray, [1853])
- Protesilaus molops (Rothschild& and Jordan, 1906)
- Protesilaus orthosilaus (Weymer, 1899)
- Protesilaus protesilaus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Protesilaus stenodesmus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
- Protesilaus telesilaus (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864) - telesilaus kite
References
[edit]- Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 88. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.
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