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Protographium

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

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Jun 25, 2026
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Protographium
Protographium leosthenes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

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

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.