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  2. Hedylidae - Wikipedia

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    Hedylidae, the "American moth-butterflies", is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera, formerly representing the superfamily Hedyloidea.They have traditionally been viewed as an extant sister group of the butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea, but a 2014 phylogenetic analysis has suggested Hedylidae is a subgroup of Papilionoidea, and not a sister group, and are more accurately referred to ...

  3. Swallowtail butterfly - Wikipedia

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    The forked appearance in some of the swallowtails' hindwings, which can be seen when the butterfly is resting with its wings spread, gave rise to the common name swallowtail. As for its formal name, Linnaeus chose Papilio for the type genus , as papilio is Latin for "butterfly".

  4. Category:Papilionoidea - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Papilionoidea, the superfamily which contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.

  5. Papilio troilus - Wikipedia

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    Papilio troilus, the spicebush swallowtail or green-clouded butterfly, is a common black swallowtail butterfly found in North America. [2] It has two subspecies, Papilio troilus troilus and Papilio troilus ilioneus, the latter found mainly in the Florida peninsula. [3]

  6. List of butterflies of India (Papilionidae) - Wikipedia

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    Large, tailless, black butterflies with blue and white markings, which occur along the low elevation forests of the Himalayas, the Western Ghats and some peninsular Indian forests. Despite the name, only the great Mormon is polymorphic. Great Mormon, Papilio memnon Linnaeus, 1758; Blue Mormon, Papilio polymnestor Cramer, [1775]

  7. Papilio machaon - Wikipedia

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    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).

  8. Mimoides phaon - Wikipedia

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    P. phaon Boisd. Similar to the preceding species [Mimoides protodamas] ; the spots on thorax and abdomen red, the posterior abdominal segments with red lateral spots.. Very vari

  9. Papilio rex - Wikipedia

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    Papilio rex, the regal swallowtail or king papilio, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae.It is found in Africa. [3] It is a semi-montane and montane forest (1, 300 m. to 2 600 m.) species.