Leptocircini

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Leptocircini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genera

Eurytides
Graphium
Iphiclides
Meandrusa
Neographium
Protographium
Teinopalpus

Leptocircini (formerly Graphiini) is a tribe of swallowtail butterflies that includes the genera Eurytides (kite swallowtails), Graphium (swordtails), and Lamproptera (dragontails). The tribe consists of 144 species in seven genera worldwide and one native North American species, Eurytides marcellus.

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