| Protographium leosthenes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Protographium Munroe, 1961 |
| Species: | P. leosthenes |
| Binomial name | |
| Protographium leosthenes Doubleday, 1846 |
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| Range of Four-barred Swordtail
P. l. leosthenes; P. l. geimbia
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The Four-barred Swordtail (Protographium leosthenes) is a medium sized butterfly of the family Papilionidae found in Australia. It is similar to the Five-barred (or Chain) Swordtail Graphium aristeus found in both Australia and India. [1]
The larvae feed on Desmos wardianus, Melodorum leichhardtii and other Melodorum species.