Protesilaus leucosilaus

Protesilaus leucosilaus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical ecozone only in Amazonas, Brazil.

Protesilaus leucosilaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Protesilaus
Species:
P. leucosilaus
Binomial name
Protesilaus leucosilaus
(J. Zikán, 1937)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio leucosilaus Zikán, 1937
  • Eurytides leucosilaus

Taxonomy

May be a subspecies of Protesilaus molops.[3]

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References
  1. Protesilaus at Funet
  2. D'Abrera, B. (1981). Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Papilionidae and Pieridae. Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, xvi + 172 pp.
  3. Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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