Protographium marcellinus

Jamaican Kite
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Protographium
Species:	P. marcellinus
Binomial name
Protographium marcellinus (Doubleday, 1845)

The Jamaican Kite (Protographium marcellinus) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is believed to be endangered.

Sources

• Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Eurytides marcellinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.

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• 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.