Eurytides marcellinus

Jamaican kite
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Eurytides
Species:	E. marcellinus
Binomial name
Eurytides marcellinus (Doubleday, 1845)
Synonyms
Protographium marcellinus(Doubleday, 1845)

Eurytides marcellinus, the Jamaican kite, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its conservation status is rated as vulnerable.

References

1. Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Protographium marcellinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T8417A12910910. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8417A12910910.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.

Further reading

• Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XIIII (14), Papilionidae VIII: Baronia, Euryades, Protographium, Neographium, Eurytides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN   978-3-931374-87-7 All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour.