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family

swallowtails and apollos
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  superfamily Papilionoidea

Temporal range:Tertiary > Paleogene > Oligocene > Chattian – recent
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Images

Zerynthia polyxena - Southern Festoon

Zerynthia polyxena - Southern Festoon

Author: Stanislav Krejčík

Papilio palinurus - Emerald Swallowtail

Papilio palinurus - Emerald Swallowtail

Author: Stanislav Krejčík

Iphiclides podalirius - Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides podalirius - Scarce Swallowtail

Author: František Rasocha

Functions restricted to taxon Papilionidae

Important groups

Parnassiinae - apollos, Papilioninae - swallowtails

Included taxa

Number of records: 4

subfamily Parnassiinae Duponchel, 1835 - apollos
Tertiary: Chattian – recent
subfamily Papilioninae Latreille, 1802 - swallowtails
subfamily Baroniinae Bryk, 1913

Fossil taxa

subfamily Praepapilioninae Durden & Rose, 1978 †
Tertiary: Middle Eocene

Links and literature

EN Tree of Life [Papilionidae]

Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]
EN Australian Faunal Directory [44d9685a-cb15-4ae2-9c33-e4c3ab11262a]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Papilionidae]
Data retrieved on: 20 February 2014
CZ DE Bělín V. (1999): Motýli České a Slovenské republiky aktivní ve dne, Kabourek, Zlín [as Papilionidae]
CZ Hudec K., Kolibáč J., Laštůvka Z., Peňáz M. a kol. (2007): Příroda České republiky: průvodce faunou, Academia [as Papilionidae]
EN Jakšić P., Nahirnić A., Petrović S. (2013): Compendium of Serbian Butterflies with Vernacular Names, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, 6: 75-88 [as Papilionidae]
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