Protographium is genus of Australian and Neotropical swallowtail butterflies in the subfamily Papilioninae.
| Protographium | |
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| Protographium leosthenes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Leptocircini |
| Genus: | Protographium Munroe, 1961 |
| Synonyms | |
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[see Eurytides]
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Taxonomy
editRelated to Old World genus Graphium. The classification of species in the genus Protographium is undergoing changes as New World representatives have been re-classified under Eurytides by most authors.[1]
- subgenus: Protographium
- Protographium leosthenes (Doubleday, 1846)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada by Jonathan P. Pelham". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- 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.
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