Protographium leosthenes (Doubleday, 1846) is a animal in the Papilionidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Protographium leosthenes (Doubleday, 1846)
The four-barred swordtail (Protographium leosthenes) is a medium-sized Australian Papilionidae butterfly similar to Graphium aristeus.
Protographium leosthenes, commonly known as the four-barred swordtail, is a medium-sized butterfly species belonging to the family Papilionidae. This butterfly is native to Australia. It shares a similar appearance with the five-barred swordtail, also called the chain swordtail (Graphium aristeus), which can be found in both Australia and India. Its scientific name is Protographium leosthenes, first published by Doubleday in 1846.
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Protographium epidaus (Doubleday, 1846)
Parides neophilus (Geyer, 1837)
Graphium androcles (Boisduval, 1836)
Graphium aristeus (Stoll, 1780)
Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
Parnassius eversmanni Ménétriés, 1855
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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