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Papilio
Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is Latin for butterfly.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tiger Swallowtails and Allies
subgenusPterourus
Papilio
subgenusPapilio
Helen and Mormon Swallowtails
subgenusMenelaides
Lime Swallowtails & Allies
subgenusPrinceps
Peacock Swallowtails and Allies
subgenusAchillides
Mime Swallowtails and Allies
subgenusChilasa
Eleppone
subgenusEleppone
Druryia
subgenusDruryia
Nireopapilio
subgenusNireopapilio
Araminta
subgenusAraminta
Alexanoria
subgenusAlexanoria
Euchenor
subgenusEuchenor
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.367
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.258
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De animalibus insectis libri septem
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1618 · p.110
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise
Alfred Russel Wallace · 1869 · p.160
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise
Alfred Russel Wallace · 1869 · p.159
Medical and Philosophical Garden
Joachim Camerarius · 1588 · p.358
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De animalibus insectis libri septem
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1618 · p.109
The Subterranean World Volume Two
Athanasius Kircher · 1678 · p.395
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Papilio in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 47225.