Papilioninae
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| Papilioninae | |
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| Macleay's Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Papilioninae |
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Papilioninae is a subfamily of the butterfly family Papilionidae. Papilioninae occurs world wide with most of the species being found in the tropics. There are roughly 480 species, of which 27 occur in North America.
References
- The Butterflies of North America, James A. Scott, ISBN 0-8047-1205-0, 1986
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