Protesilaus (butterfly)

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Kingdom Animalia Family Papilionidae Tribe Leptocircini Rank Genus		Class Insecta Subfamily Papilioninae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths

Similar Butterflies and moths, Protesilaus protesilaus, Eurytides, Mimoides, Protographium

Protesilaus is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. They are native to the Americas.

Species

Protesilaus aguiari (d'Almeida, 1937)

Protesilaus earis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Rothschild's swordtail

Protesilaus glaucolaus (H. W. Bates, 1864) - Bates' swordtail

Protesilaus helios (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)

Protesilaus leucosilaus (J. Zikán, 1937)

Protesilaus macrosilaus (Gray, [1853])

Protesilaus molops (Rothschild& and Jordan, 1906)

Protesilaus orthosilaus (Weymer, 1899)

Protesilaus protesilaus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Protesilaus stenodesmus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)

Protesilaus telesilaus (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864) - telesilaus kite

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