Kingdom Animalia Family Papilionidae Genus Protesilaus Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Protesilaus, Protesilaus orthosilaus, Protesilaus macrosilaus, Protesilaus stenodesmus, Protesilaus molops | ||
Protesilaus earis, the Rothschild's swordtail, is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical ecozone (southeast Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina).
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Description
Antenna dark yellowish brown. Frons yellowish at the sides. Wings slightly yellowish, beneath slightly reddish; bands narrow, 4. band of the forewing reduced to a small spot, 6. band close to the lower angle of the cell; the yellowish marginal and submarginal spots of the hindwing narrow, above and beneath smaller than in the name-typical protesilaus; hindwing beneath with long arrow-shaped patch before the abdominal margin, this patch reduced in protesilaus. Dorsal margin of the harpe slightly widened, ventral process non-dentate, not extending to the lower edge of the clasper, central process short, broad, spatulate, strongly dentate. Eastern Ecuador, widely distributed.
Status
Uncommon and little known. No known threats.