Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Scientific name Protographium leucaspis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Protographium Rank Species | |
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Similar Protographium thyastes, Protographium asius, Protographium anaxilaus, Protographium agesilaus, Protographium celadon | ||
Protographium leucaspis is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical ecozone
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Description
Frons entirely brownish black; abdomen yellowish beneath; the wings with commontriangular green-yellow area; the brown marginal area with blackish hues parallel to the margin. Colombia to Bolivia; a very common species in the Andes.
lamis R.& J. The posterior cell-spots of the forewing large, very distinct also beneath. Colombia.
leucaspis Godt. The cell-spots of the forewing smaller, usually only indicated beneath, the two outer posterior cell-spots more widely separated from one another. Eastern slopes of the Andes, from Ecuador to Bolivia.
Status
Common and not threatened.
References
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