Protographium marcellinus
| Jamaican kite | |
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_Male.JPG) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Protographium |
| Species: | P. marcellinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Protographium marcellinus (Doubleday, 1845) | |
Protographium marcellinus, the Jamaican kite, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is believed to be endangered.
Sources
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Eurytides marcellinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
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- 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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