Protesilaus orthosilaus explained
Protesilaus orthosilaus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm (the Mato Grosso of Brazil and also Paraguay).
Description
Antenna yellow-brown, not black. Frons yellowish white at the sides. Forewing transparent: hindwing strongly dentate, above also with a median band, the postdiscal band and the black margin merged into a broad marginal band, the yellowish marginal and submarginal lunules smaller. Paraguay and Gojaz in Brazil; rare.[1]
Status
Formerly believed to be rare, but has now been seen to occur over a very wide area of the Mato Grosso where it can be seen year round in the cerrado. Males are found in sandy areas and females seek nectar.
Further reading
- D'Abrera, B. (1981). Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Papilionidae and Pieridae. Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, xvi + 172 pp.
- D'Almeida, R.F. (1965). Catalogo dos Papilionidae Americanos. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia. São Paulo, Brasil.
- Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. online (and as pdf) (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967).
External links
Notes and References
- Karl Jordan, 1916 Papilio In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the world,vol. 5: 617–738. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126193#page/7/mode/1up also available as pdf
