Leptocircini

Taxobox
name = Leptocircini

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image_caption = "Teinopalpus imperialis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
subfamilia = Papilioninae
tribus = Leptocircini
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Eurytides"
"Graphium"
"Iphiclides"
"Meandrusa"
"Neographium"
"Protographium"
"Teinopalpus"

Leptocircini (formerly Graphiini) is a tribe of swallowtail butterflies that includes the genera "Eurytides" (kite swallowtails), "Graphium" (swordtails), and "Lamproptera" (dragontails). The tribe consists of 144 species in seven genera worldwide and one native North American species, "Eurytides marcellus".

References

* Scott, J. A. (1992). "Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide". Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2013-4
* Tyler, H. A., Brown, K. S., Jr., & Wilson, K. H. (1994). "Swallowtail butterflies of the Americas: A study in biological dynamics, ecological diversity, biosystematics, and conservation". Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers. ISBN 0-945417-90-X