Protesilaus protesilaus

Protesilaus protesilaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Protesilaus
Species: P. protesilaus
Binomial name
Protesilaus protesilaus
(Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio protesilaus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio leilus Swainson, 1832
  • Papilio theogenus Ehrmann, 1919
  • Iphiclides (Papilio) embrikstrandi d'Almeida, 1936
  • Papilio nigrifrons Zikán, 1937
  • Papilio pseudosilaus Zikán, 1937
  • Iphiclides travassosi d'Almeida, 1938
  • Papilio agathosilaus Zikán, 1938
  • Papilio protesilaus dariensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Papilio protesilaus var. macrosilaus Boisduval, 1870
  • Papilio diotimus Ehrmann, 1919
  • Papilio archesilaus C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Papilio archesilaus C. & R. Felder, 1864
  • Papilio protesilaus rubrocinctus Eimer, 1889
  • Papilio pumilus Röber, 1926
  • Papilio (Cosmodesmus) ab. reducta Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio protesilaus var. nigricornis Staudinger, 1884

Protesilaus protesilaus is a species of butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical ecozone.

Protesilaus protesilaus and related species

Diagnostic characters

Bands one and two of the hindwing usually extend beyond the second submedian, band four mostly goes beyond the middle of the cell and sometimes reaches to its hinder margin, the transparent submarginal band has at least in the costal third brownish scales; hindwing more strongly dentate than in Protesilaus glaucolaus leucas. Frons in specimens from the Andes often entirely brownish black. Dorsal edge of the harpe dilated into a tooth, which is sometimes absent in specimens from the Andes.Submarginal spots of the hindwing white, rarely slightly yellowish, hindwing more strongly dentate than in Protesilaus glaucolaus, the first and second bands of the forewing on the whole shorter than in Protesilaus molops.Frons sometimes entirety brown-black. The scent-scales very long and thin. The dorsal edge of the harpe deflexed, lying flat on the harpe, strongly dentate.[2]

Subspecies

Biology

The larva feeds on Annona.

References

  1. Protesilaus at funet
  2. Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45
  3. Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 3

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