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Tiger Swallowtails and Allies
Pterourus
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.
29 branches of this group, most-observed first
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Complex
complexPapilio glaucus
Spicebush Swallowtail
speciesPapilio troilus
Western Tiger Swallowtail
speciesPapilio rutulus
Two-tailed Swallowtail
speciesPapilio multicaudata
Pale Swallowtail
speciesPapilio eurymedon
Palamedes Swallowtail
speciesPapilio palamedes
Magnificent Swallowtail
speciesPapilio garamas
Scamander Swallowtail
speciesPapilio scamander
Papilio menatius
complexPapilio menatius
Three-tailed Tiger Swallowtail
speciesPapilio pilumnus
Elwes' Swallowtail
speciesPapilio elwesi
Mexican Tiger Swallowtail
speciesPapilio alexiares
Papilio hellanichus
speciesPapilio hellanichus
Papilio cacicus
speciesPapilio cacicus
Taiwan Broad-tailed Swallowtail
speciesPapilio maraho
Papilio warscewiczii
speciesPapilio warscewiczii
Giant Orange Tiger
speciesPapilio zagreus
Papilio ascolius
speciesPapilio ascolius
Papilio birchallii
speciesPapilio birchallii
Papilio euterpinus
speciesPapilio euterpinus
Papilio bachus
speciesPapilio bachus
Jamaican Giant Swallowtail
speciesPapilio homerus
Oaxacan Swallowtail
speciesPapilio esperanza
Papilio xanthopleura
speciesPapilio xanthopleura
Papilio neyi
speciesPapilio neyi
Western Tiger × Pale Swallowtail
hybridPapilio rutulus × eurymedon
Canadian Tiger × Pale Swallowtail
hybridPapilio canadensis × eurymedon
Two-tailed × Pale Swallowtail
hybridPapilio multicaudata × eurymedon
Western Tiger × Two-tailed Swallowtail
hybridPapilio rutulus × multicaudata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 545186.