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Slim antenna parasitoid wasp (Palaeorhoptrocentrus tenuicornis)
Lipas (Panesthia angustipennis)
Common lascar (Pantoporia hordonia)
Great mormon swallowtail (Papilio memnon)
Confuse true limpet (Paralepetopsis variabilis)
Paramixogaster
Yuyu (Parathelphusa convexa)
Yellow-shelled semi-slug (Parmarion martensi)
Oriental honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
Chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)
Phaenocarpa
Ground-living birds (Phasianidae)
Alba moth (Phasmadigonis alba)
Hongkan phintella (Phintella hongkan)
River toad (Phrynoidis asper)
Phyllobates
Dragon tongue (Phyllodium elegans)
Green vestment mantis (Phyllothelys qingjinum)
Sweetpotato bug (Physomerus grossipes)
Enigmatic thread-legged bug (Ploiaria enigmatica)
Copaquilla moth (Plutella copaquillaensis)
Lerak paper wasp (Polistes tenebricosus)
Common tree frog (Polypedates leucomystax)
Polyphrix
Seleb ant (Polyrhachis abdominalis)
Channeled apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata)
Swampwatcher (Potamarcha congener)
Lesser dartr (Potanthus omaha)
Kangkang gunung (Prionolomia heros)
Large pro rotifer (Proales amplus)
Jian Huang parasitoid wasp (Proaphelinoides huangi)
Jonas Damzen lacewing (Proneuronema damzeni)
White Darwin wasp (Protoleptops nyeupe)
Fulvous flat (Pseudocoladenia dan)
Costa Rica false hydrothermal vent limpet (Pseudolepetodrilus costaricensis)
Huntsman spiders (Pseudopoda)
Nanji sea plume (Pseudopterogorgia nanjiensis)
Mangir fly (Ptecticus cingulatus)
Pteropera
Pterostichus
Water strider (Ptilomera tigrina)
Repens scale (Pulvinaria rhododendri)
Giant shield bug (Pycanum alternatum)
Khayu shield bug (Pycanum oculatum)
Sooty headed bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)

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