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Zebra Swallowtail

Eurytides protesilaus

Description:

Two butterflies mating in the grass. They have translucent wings and the size is about 10cm.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Zebra Swallowtail
Eurytides protesilaus
bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Kite-Swallowtail
Eurytides sp.


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2 Comments

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Thanks bayucca. I´m almost certainly that is a protesilaus. Your tip helps a lot !

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Closer ID than the genus is not possible. Some of the important markings are not clearly visible or parts missing, specially the important part of the tail.

rubens.luciano
Spotted by
rubens.luciano

SP, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 21, 2012
Submitted on Jan 21, 2012

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