Biology:Protesilaus macrosilaus

Short description: Species of butterfly

Protesilaus macrosilaus
Protesilaus macrosilaus penthesilaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae
Tribe:	Leptocircini
Genus:	Protesilaus
Species:	P. macrosilaus
Binomial name
Protesilaus macrosilaus (Gray, [1853])
Synonyms
Papilio protesilaus var. macrosilaus Gray, [1853] Papilio duodecimus Röber, 1927 Papilio protesilaus leucones Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio penthesilaus C. & R. Felder, 1865 Papilio penthesilaus C. & R. Felder, 1864 Protesilaus marcosilaus

Protesilaus macrosilaus is a species of butterfly of the genus Protesilaus. It is found in Mexico and from Guatemala to Nicaragua and in Colombia.

Subspecies

• Protesilaus macrosilaus macrosilaus (Guatemala to Nicaragua)
• Protesilaus macrosilaus leucones (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (Colombia)
• Protesilaus macrosilaus penthesilaus (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Mexico)

References

• Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 88. ISBN 0-945417-28-4. 
• Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up. 
• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN:0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 14.

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Protesilaus". funet.fi. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/protesilaus/index.html. Retrieved 7 November 2010. 
• BOA Images of types

Wikidata ☰ Q13488961 entry