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Protographium

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Protographium
Protographium leosthenes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genus: Protographium
Munroe, 1961
Synonyms

[see Eurytides]

  • Neographium Möhn, 2002
  • Asiographium Möhn, 2002
  • Eurygraphium Möhn, 2002

Protographium is genus of Australian and Neotropical swallowtail butterflies in the subfamily Papilioninae.

Taxonomy

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Related to Old World genus Graphium. The classification of species in the genus Protographium is undergoing changes as New World representatives have been re-classified under Eurytides by most authors.[1]

subgenus: Protographium

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada by Jonathan P. Pelham". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  • 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.