Papilionini

Papilionini

Taxobox
name = Papilionini


image_width = 200px
image_caption = Thoas Swallowtail
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
subfamilia = Papilioninae
tribus = Papilionini
subdivision_ranks = Genus
subdivision =
*Papilio

Papilionini is the tribe of fluted swallowtails that includes the genus Papilio.It consists of 203 species worldwide and 21 North American species. The hind margin of the hindwing of the males is bent downward ("fluted"), resulting in its name. Many of the larvae of resemble bird droppings during a development stage. Adults are edible to birds and some species are mimics.

References

*"The Butterflies of North America", James A. Scott, ISBN 0-8047-1205-0, 1986


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