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Papilio hospiton, the Corsican swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.It is found only in Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea. [3]A medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of 72–76 millimetres (2.8–3.0 in), Papilio hospiton is a short black-and-yellow swallowtail with short tails.
species group: anactus. Papilio anactus MacLeay, [1826] – dingy swallowtail; Papilio natewa Tennent et al., [2018] – Natewa swallowtail [5] species group: aegeus. Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805 – orchard swallowtail; Papilio bridgei Mathew, 1886; Papilio erskinei Mathew, 1886; Papilio gambrisius Cramer, [1777] Papilio inopinatus Butler, 1883
Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail (a common name applied to all members of the family, but this species was the first to be given the name).
Papilio charopus, the tailed green-banded swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi.
Papilio multicaudata, the two-tailed swallowtail, is a species of the family Papilionidae found in western North America from British Columbia to Central America. [ 1 ] Description
The superfamily Papilionoidea (from the genus Papilio, meaning "butterfly") contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea. The members of the Papilionoidea may be distinguished by the following combination of characters: The body is smaller and less moth-like. The wings are larger.
Papilio aristodemus, the Schaus' swallowtail or island swallowtail, is a species of American butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in southern Florida in the United States and throughout the West Indies .
Papilio zalmoxis, the giant blue swallowtail, is an African butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. The name of the species is given in honor of Zalmoxis – a divinity of the Getae (a people of the lower Danube ), mentioned by Herodotus in his Histories IV, 93–96.