Protesilaus telesilaus

Protesilaus telesilaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Protesilaus
Species:	P. telesilaus
Binomial name
Protesilaus telesilaus (C. & R. Felder, 1864)
Synonyms
Papilio telesilausC. & R. Felder, 1864 Papilio protesilaus domitorFruhstorfer, 1907 Papilio protesilaus var. macrosilausBates, 1863 Papilio telesilaus domitor f. vitellusFruhstorfer, 1907

Protesilaus telesilaus is a species of butterfly of the genus Protesilaus . It is native to the Americas.

Subspecies

• P. t. telesilaus (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil: Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
• P. t. dolius(Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (Panama, Colombia)
• P. t. salobrensis(d'Almeida, 1941) (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
• P. t. vitellusFruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Paraná, Santa Catarina)

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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN   0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 14.

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Protesilaus". funet.fi. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
• BOA Images of types