Troidini

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Image:Troides magellanus.jpg
Troides magellanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Tribe: Troidini
Genera

Troidini is the tribe of Aristolochia swallowtails that includes the genus Battus.

It consists of 136 species worldwide and 3 species that occur North America. This tribe feeds on the poisonous Aritolochia plants, and as a result is poisonous itself and is mimicked by other butterflies. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Scott, James A. (1986). The Butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1205-0.


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