Protesilaus macrosilaus is a species of butterfly of the genus Protesilaus. It is found in Mexico and from Guatemala to Nicaragua and in Colombia.
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| Protesilaus macrosilaus penthesilaus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Protesilaus |
| Species: | P. macrosilaus
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| Binomial name | |
| Protesilaus macrosilaus (Gray, [1853])
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Subspecies edit
- Protesilaus macrosilaus macrosilaus (Guatemala to Nicaragua)
- Protesilaus macrosilaus leucones (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (Colombia)
- Protesilaus macrosilaus penthesilaus (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Mexico)
References edit
- 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.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Protesilaus macrosilaus.
Wikispecies has information related to Protesilaus.
- Savela, Markku. "Protesilaus". funet.fi. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- BOA Images of types
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