Protesilaus telesilaus

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Protesilaus
Protesilaus telesilaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genus: Protesilaus
Species: P. telesilaus
Binomial name
Protesilaus telesilaus
(C. & R. Felder, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Papilio telesilaus C. & R. Felder, 1864
  • Papilio protesilaus domitor Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Papilio protesilaus var. macrosilaus Bates, 1863
  • Papilio telesilaus domitor f. vitellus Fruhstorfer, 1907

Protesilaus telesilaus is a species of butterfly of the genus Protesilaus. It is native to the Americas.

Subspecies

  • Protesilaus telesilaus telesilaus (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil: Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
  • Protesilaus telesilaus dolius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (Panama, Colombia)
  • Protesilaus telesilaus salobrensis (d'Almeida, 1941) (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
  • Protesilaus telesilaus vitellus Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Paraná, Santa Catarina)

References

  • Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainsville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 88. ISBN 0-945417-28-4. 
  • Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 14.


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