Papilioninae

Papilioninae
Lime butterfly (Papilio demoleus)
Common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Latreille, 1802
Tribes

Leptocircini Papilionini Troidini Teinopalpini

Papilioninae is a subfamily of the butterfly family Papilionidae. Papilioninae are swallowtail butterflies and are found worldwide, but most species are distributed in the tropics and warmer regions. This subfamily was classified in 1895 by Rothschild and Jordan.[1]

  1. ^ Munroe, Eugene (January 1960). "The Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera)". The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 92 (S17): 5–51. doi:10.4039/entm9217fv. ISSN 0071-075X.

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