Protesilaus leucosilaus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm only in Amazonas, Brazil.
| Protesilaus leucosilaus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Protesilaus |
| Species: | P. leucosilaus
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| Binomial name | |
| Protesilaus leucosilaus | |
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Taxonomy edit
May be a subspecies of Protesilaus molops.[3]
References edit
- ^ Protesilaus at Funet
- ^ D'Abrera, B. (1981). Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Papilionidae and Pieridae. Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, xvi + 172 pp.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Butterflies of the Americas Images of holotype
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