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Protesilaus telesilaus

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Protesilaus telesilaus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
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

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  • P. t. telesilaus (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil: Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
  • P. t. dolius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (Panama, Colombia)
  • P. t. salobrensis (d'Almeida, 1941) (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
  • P. t. vitellus Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Paraná, Santa Catarina)

References

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  • Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 88. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.
  • 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.
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 14.
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