Protographium

Protographium is a genus of mostly Neotropical swallowtail butterflies in the subfamily Papilioninae.

Protographium
Protographium philolaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genus: Protographium
Munroe, 1961
Synonyms
  • Neographium (Graphiini) Möhn, 2002
  • Asiographium (Neographium) Möhn, 2002
  • Eurygraphium (Eurytides) Möhn, 2002

Taxonomy

The classification of species in the genus Protographium is undergoing changes as New World species are now being moved to other genera.[1]

subgenus: Protographium

subgenus: unassigned

  • Protographium × oberthueri Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

subgenus: Eurygraphium Möhn, 2002

species group: thyastes


See also

References

  • 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.


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