Description
Family Papilionidae
'The Papilionidae belong to the Superfamily
Papilionoidea, the true butterflies. Swallowtails are worldwide in distribution and comprise approximately 560 species. They are richest in the tropics, and their brilliant colors make them favorites of butterfly enthusiasts. Many swallowtail species, especially in the tropics, mimic
other butterflies that are distasteful, while others are distasteful and cause birds and other vertebrate predators
to regurgitate. Swallowtail adults
are medium to large and may or may not have tails, while parnassian adults are medium, tailless, and have translucent
wings. All adult parnassians and swallowtails have three pairs of walking legs
, and adults of all species visit flowers for nectar.
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Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Family:
Papilionidae
()
- Latreille, 1809
- Swallowtails
- Genus:
Graphium
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Specific name:
adrocles
- Scientific name: - Graphium adrocles
- Specific name:
adrocles
- Genus:
Graphium
(
- Family:
Papilionidae
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Graphium
There are approximately 760 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
G. abri · G. acheron · G. acous · G. actor · G. adamastor · G. addenda · G. adiecta · G. adjacentus · G. adjectus · G. admiralia · G. admiralis · G. adonarensis · G. adrocles · G. aegisthus · G. aegistiades · G. aegistus · G. aelius · G. agamedes · G. agamemnon · G. agamemnon admiralis · G. agamemnon agamemnon · G. agamemnon comodus · G. agamemnon ligatum · G. agamemnon ligatus · G. agamemnon menides · G. agamemnon neopommeranius · G. agamemnon plisthenes · G. agamemnon salomonis · G. agamenon · G. agapenor · G. agesilaus · G. agetes · G. agetes iponus · G. aknashii · G. albarea · G. albescens · G. albidus · G. albinistict · G. albinovanus · G. albociliatus · G. albonigrescens · G. alcibiades · G. alebion · G. alfredi · G. almansor · G. almansor almansor · G. almansor uganda · G. aloricus · G. ampyx · G. andamana · G. androcles · G. anfiphates · G. angolanus · G. angolanus angolanus · G. angolanus baronis · G. angolanus pylades · G. anomalum · G. anoura · G. anriger · G. antenigra · G. antharis · G. anthedon · G. anthemenes · G. antheus · G. anthipates · G. anticrates · G. antiphanes · G. antiphates · G. antiphates itamputi · G. antiphonus · G. appius · G. appulejus · G. aprilis · G. arctofasciatus · G. argentiferus · G. argynnus · G. aristeoides · G. aristeus · G. aristeus parmatum · G. aristeus parmatus · G. aristinus · G. arnapes · G. arycleoides · G. arycles · G. asakurae · G. aspergilloides · G. astina · G. aterrimum · G. atlesemanni · G. atratus · G. atreus · G. atropictus · G. atrovirens · G. atrum · G. augusta · G. auratus · G. aureifer · G. aureofasciatum · G. aurifer · G. auriger
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Notes
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1950654
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=14&sci=Papilionidae&com=Parnassians and Swallowtails [back]
