| Protesilaus macrosilaus | |
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| Protesilaus macrosilaus penthesilaus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Protesilaus |
| Species: | P. macrosilaus |
| Binomial name | |
| Protesilaus macrosilaus (Gray, [1853]) | |
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