Protographium leosthenes

Protographium leosthenes
Protographium leosthenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Protographium
Munroe, 1961
Species: P. leosthenes
Binomial name
Protographium leosthenes
Doubleday, 1846
Range of Four-barred Swordtail
      P. l. leosthenes;       P. l. geimbia
Synonyms
  • Papilio leosthenes Doubleday, 1846
  • Neographium

The Four-barred Swordtail (Protographium leosthenes) is a medium sized butterfly of the family Papilionidae found in Australia. It is similar to the Five-barred (or Chain) Swordtail Graphium aristeus found in both Australia and India. [1]

The larvae feed on Desmos wardianus, Melodorum leichhardtii and other Melodorum species.

Subspecies

  • P. l. leosthenes (south-eastern coast of New South Wales and the Murray-Darling basin, northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland)
  • P. l. geimbia (Tindale, 1927) (northern coast of the Northern Territory)

References

  1. ^ "2. Protographium leosthenes (Doubleday)". Australian Insect Common Names. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, Australia). 19 September 2004. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_3427.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-20. 


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