Leptocircini | |
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Macleay's swallowtail (Graphium macleayanus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Subfamily: | Papilioninae |
Tribe: | Leptocircini Kirby, 1896 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
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Leptocircini is a tribe of swallowtail butterflies that includes the genera Eurytides (kite swallowtails), Graphium (swordtails), and Lamproptera (dragontails).
Taxonomy
The tribe consists of roughly 140 species in nine genera worldwide and one native North American species, Eurytides marcellus.
Genera
This tribe consists of the following genera:
Examples of butterflies from each genera
- Eurytides marcellus
- Graphium agamemnon
- Iphiclides podalirius
- Lamproptera curius
- Meandrusa payeni
- Mimoides xeniades
- Protesilaus stenodesmus
- Protographium leosthenes
- Teinopalpus imperialis
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
- Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Protographium
- Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Lamproptera
Taxon identifiers | |
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Leptocircini |
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