Papilio

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Papilio
Papilio ulysses
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae
Tribe:	Papilionini
Genus:	Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio Species
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Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. It includes a number of well-known North American species such as the Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus). Familiar species in Asia include the Mormons (Papilio polytes, Papilio polymnestor), the Orchard and Ulysses Swallowtails in Australia (Papilio aegeus, Papilio ulysses, respectively) and the Citrus Swallowtail of Africa (Papilio demodocus).

Older classifications of the swallowtails tended to use a large number of rather small genera. More recent classifications have been more conservative, and as a result a number of former genera are now absorbed within Papilio. The genus as recognized by modern systems has about 200 members. The genus Chilasa is regarded as a subgenus of Papilio by some workers, as are the Baggy-Tailed Swallowtails (Agehana), although the latter taxon is usually considered a subgenus of Chilasa.

Former genera now included in Papilio:

• Achillides
• Eleppone
• Druryia
• Heraclides (giant swallowtails)
• Menelaides
• Princeps
• Pterourus (tiger swallowtails)
• Sinoprinceps

The word papilio is Latin for butterfly.^[1]

Selected species

• Papilio acheron — Acheron Swallowtail
• Papilio aegeus — Orchard Swallowtail
• Papilio alcmenor — Redbreast
• Papilio alexanor — Alexanor Swallowtail
• Papilio antimachus — Antimachus Swallowtail
• Papilio antonio
• Papilio appalachiensis — Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail
• Papilio arcturus — Blue Peacock
• Papilio aristodemus — Schaus' Swallowtail
• Papilio aristophontes
• Papilio aristor — Scarce Haitian Swallowtail
• Papilio benguetanus
• Papilio bianor — Chinese Peacock
• Papilio blumei — Peacock or Green Swallotail
• Papilio bootes — Tailed Redbreast
• Papilio buddha — Malabar Banded Peacock
• Papilio caiguanabus — Poey's Black Swallowtail
• Papilio canadensis — Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
• Papilio carolinensis
• Papilio castor — Common Raven
• Papilio chikae — Luzon Peacock Swallowtail
• Papilio cresphontes — Giant Swallowtail
• Papilio crino — Common Banded Peacock
• Papilio dardanus — Flying Handkerchief, African Swallowtail, or Mocker Swallowtail
• Papilio demodocus — Citrus Swallowtail
• Papilio demoleus — Common Lime
• Papilio demolion — Banded Swallowtail
• Papilio dialis — Southern Chinese Peacock
• Papilio dravidarum — Malabar Raven
• Papilio elephenor — Yellow-crested Spangle
• Papilio esperanza -- Eesperanza Swallowtail
• Papilio eurymedon — Pale Swallowtail
• Papilio garleppi — Garlepp's Swallowtail
• Papilio glaucus — Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
• Papilio grosesmithi — Grose-Smith's Swallowtail
• Papilio helenus — Red Helen
• Papilio himeros -- Himeros Swallowtail
• Papilio homerus — Homerus Swallowtail
• Papilio hospiton — Corsican Swallowtail
• Papilio janaka — Tailed Redbreast
• Papilio jordani — Jordan's Swallowtail
• Papilio krishna — Krishna Peacock
• Papilio leucotaenia — Cream-banded Swallowtail
• Papilio liomedon — Malabar Banded Swallowtail
• Papilio machaon — Old World Swallowtail
• Papilio mangoura — Mangoura swallowtail
• Papilio manlius
• Papilio maraho
• Papilio maroni
• Papilio mayo — Andaman Mormon
• Papilio memnon — Great Mormon
• Papilio moerneri
• Papilio morondavana — Madagascan Emperor
• Papilio multicaudata — Two-tailed Swallowtail
• Papilio nephelus — Yellow Helen
• Papilio neumoegeni
• Papilio noblei
• Papilio oregonius — Oregon Swallowtail
• Papilio osmana
• Papilio palinurus — Emerald Swallowtail
• Papilio paris — Paris Peacock
  • Papilio paris tamilana — Tamil Peacock
• Papilio polyctor — Common Peacock
• Papilio polymnestor — Blue Mormon
• Papilio polytes — Common Mormon
• Papilio polyxenes — Black Swallowtail
• Papilio prexaspes — Andaman Helen
• Papilio protenor — Spangle
• Papilio rumanzovia — Scarlet Mormon
• Papilio rutulus — Western Tiger Swallowtail
• Papilio saharae — Sahara Swallowtail
• Papilio sjoestedti — Kilimanjaro Swallowtail
• Papilio taiwanus — Taiwan Swallowtail
• Papilio thoas -- King Swallowtail or Thoas Swallowtail
• Papilio toboroi
• Papilio troilus — Spicebush Swallowtail
• Papilio ulysses — Ulysses or Blue Mountain Swallowtail
• Papilio weymeri
• Papilio xuthus — Asian, Xuthus or Chinese Yellow Swallowtail
• Papilio zalmoxis — Giant Blue Swallowtail
• Papilio zelicaon — Anise Swallowtail

References

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