Protographium leosthenes
| 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.
Subspecies
- P. l. leosthenes (south-eastern coast of New South Wales and the Murray-Darling basin, northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland)
- P. l. geimbia (Tindale, 1927) (northern coast of the Northern Territory)
References
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- ↑ "2. Protographium leosthenes (Doubleday)". Australian Insect Common Names. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, Australia). 19 September 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Protographium
Further reading
- Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XIIII (14), Papilionidae VIII: Baronia, Euryades, Protographium, Neographium, Eurytides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-87-7 All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour.