Golden Kaiser-i-Hind | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Teinopalpus |
Species: | T. aureus |
Binomial name | |
Teinopalpus aureus Mell, 1923 | |
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