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Protographium dioxippus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Papilionidae

Scientific name
  
Protographium dioxippus

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Protographium

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Protographium dioxippus

Similar
  
Protographium, Protographium thyastes, Protographium agesilaus, Butterflies and moths, Protographium anaxilaus

Mariposas de venezuela mariposas de barinas mariposa protographium dioxippus marae


Protographium dioxippus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical ecozone

Contents

Subspecies

  • P. d. dioxippus (Panama to Colombia)
  • P. d. marae (Racheli, Bollino & Sala, 1990) (south-western Venezuela: Tachira, Barinas)
  • P. d. diores (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (Colombia, Ecuador: Napo, Peru, Bolivia: Mapiri)
  • P. d. lacandones (Bates, 1864) (south-western Mexico: Veracruz, eastern Chiapas, Guatemala to Costa Rica, western Panama)

    • Description

    Wings on the upper surface with common green-yellow triangular area; forewing with vestiges of costal bands; hindwing with 2 red spots at the anal angle. Very common in Bogota-collections; Valleys of the Gauca, Magdalena and Meta Rivers, at moderate elevations.

    Status

    Restricted range but common and not threatened

    References

    Protographium dioxippus Wikipedia
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