Protesilaus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Leptocircini
Genus: Protesilaus
Species (12): P. aguiari – P. earis – P. exiguus – P. glaucolaus – P. helios – P. leucosilaus – P. macrosilaus – P. molops – P. orthosilaus – P. protesilaus – P. stenodesmus – P. telesilaus
Name

Protesilaus Swainson, 1832
References
Primary references
Additional references

Winhard, W. 2018. Eine neue Tagfalterart und neue Tagfalterunterarten aus Kolumbien und Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae et Nymphalidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 75: 143-148. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Protesilaus is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. They are native to the Americas.
Species

Protesilaus aguiari (d'Almeida, 1937)
Protesilaus earis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Rothschild's swordtail
Protesilaus glaucolaus (H. W. Bates, 1864) - Bates' swordtail
Protesilaus helios (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
Protesilaus leucosilaus (J. Zikán, 1937)
Protesilaus macrosilaus (Gray, [1853])
Protesilaus molops (Rothschild& and Jordan, 1906)
Protesilaus orthosilaus (Weymer, 1899)
Protesilaus protesilaus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Protesilaus stenodesmus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
Protesilaus telesilaus (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864) - telesilaus kite

References
Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 88. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.