Leptocircini

Leptocircini
Macleay's Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genera

Eurytides
Graphium
Iphiclides
Lamproptera
Meandrusa
Mimoides
Protesilaus
Protographium
Teinopalpus

Leptocircini (formerly named Graphiini) is a tribe of swallowtail butterflies that includes the genera Eurytides (kite swallowtails), Graphium (swordtails), and Lamproptera (dragontails).

The tribe consists of roughly 140 species in nine genera worldwide and one native North American species, Eurytides marcellus.

References

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