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Swallowtails
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Swallowtails

Papilioninae

Papilioninae is a subfamily of the butterfly family Papilionidae. Papilioninae are found worldwide, but most species are distributed in the tropics. There are roughly 480 species, of which 27 occur in North America.

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4 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Fluted Swallowtails

tribePapilionini

Birdwings, Cattlehearts, and Pipevine Swallowtails

tribeTroidini

Kite Swallowtails, Swordtails, and Jays

tribeLeptocircini

Teinopalpini

tribeTeinopalpini

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49973.