🦋 Family

Papilionidae

176 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Papilionidae

Papilio indra Reakirt, 1866

Papilio indra, the Indra swallowtail, is a black short-tailed butterfly found across western North America that feeds on Apiaceae species.

Papilio hospiton Géné, 1839

The Corsican swallowtail (Papilio hospiton) is a restricted-range Mediterranean butterfly threatened by habitat loss and over-collecting.

Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767

Papilio xuthus, the Asian swallowtail, is a mid-sized yellow butterfly whose larvae feed on plants including many Rutaceae.

Papilio brevicauda Saunders, 1869

Papilio brevicauda, the short-tailed swallowtail, is a near-ocean North American butterfly with one brood a year.

Papilio rutulus Lucas, 1852

Papilio rutulus, the western tiger swallowtail, is a common North American butterfly with distinct defensive traits across its life cycle.

Papilio eurymedon Lucas, 1852

Papilio eurymedon, the pale swallowtail, is a common western North American swallowtail butterfly.

Papilio canadensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

Papilio canadensis, the Canadian tiger swallowtail, is a common North American Papilionidae butterfly with one generation per year.

Papilio troilus Linnaeus, 1758

Papilio troilus, the spicebush swallowtail, is a common North American black swallowtail butterfly that feeds mainly on Lauraceae host plants.

Papilio glaucus Linnaeus, 1758

Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a generalist butterfly native to eastern North America.

Papilio palamedes Drury, 1773

Papilio palamedes is the Palamedes swallowtail, a swallowtail butterfly found across southeastern US and northeastern Mexico.

Papilio multicaudata Kirby, 1884

Papilio multicaudata, the two-tailed swallowtail, is a large North American butterfly and Arizona's state butterfly.

Papilio pilumnus Boisduval, 1836

The three-tailed tiger swallowtail Papilio pilumnus is a swallowtail butterfly found in Texas, Mexico and Guatemala.

Papilio appalachiensis (Pavulaan & D.Wright, 2002)

The Appalachian tiger swallowtail (Papilio appalachiensis) is a hybrid univoltine swallowtail butterfly of eastern North America's Appalachian Mountains.

Papilio elwesi

Papilio elwesi is an endemic Papilionidae butterfly from China and Vietnam with distinct wing traits and specific larval features.

Papilio garamas Geyer, 1829

Papilio garamas Geyer, 1829 is a large dimorphic butterfly from 80 to 110 mm in wingspan.

Papilio scamander Boisduval, 1836

Papilio scamander Boisduval, 1836 is a Brazilian butterfly with three intergrading geographical forms.

Papilio victorinus E.Doubleday, 1844

Papilio menatius is a large butterfly found across southern North America and most of South America, with variable wing patterning across subspecies.

Papilio ulysses Linnaeus, 1758

Papilio ulysses, the Ulysses butterfly, is a brightly blue-structurally colored butterfly with distinct male and female traits.

Papilio bianor Cramer, 1777

Papilio bianor Cramer, 1777 is a geographically and seasonally variable butterfly found across East Asia.

Papilio crino Fabricius, 1792

Papilio crino is a butterfly species resembling related butterflies, found in South Asia with a 100–116 mm wingspan.

Papilio paris Linnaeus, 1758

Papilio paris, the Paris peacock swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly distributed across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Papilio peranthus Fabricius, 1787

Papilio peranthus is a large butterfly species with multiple geographic forms found across Indonesia, with unknown early stages.

Papilio maackii Ménétriés, 1859

Papilio maackii Ménétriés, 1859, the Alpine Swallowtail, is a butterfly with distinct color patterns that lives in open forest edge habitats.

Papilio palinurus Fabricius, 1787

Papilio palinurus is a southeast Asian swallowtail butterfly with striking green-banded wings, found in primary forests.

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