Subgenus

Pterourus (Tiger swallowtails and allies)

Papilio multicaudata. Photo: (c) David Alan Rogers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is Latin for butterfly.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
        Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
        Family: Papilionidae (Swallowtails and parnassians)
        Subfamily: Papilioninae (Swallowtails)
        Tribe: Papilionini (Fluted swallowtails)
        Genus: Papilio (Common swallowtails)
        Subgenus: Pterourus (Tiger swallowtails and allies)
        Species: Papilio rutulus (Western tiger swallowtail)
        Species: Papilio eurymedon (Pale swallowtail)
        Species: Papilio multicaudata (Two-tailed swallowtail)

Subtaxa

Species: Papilio rutulus (Western tiger swallowtail)

Species: Papilio eurymedon (Pale swallowtail)

Species: Papilio multicaudata (Two-tailed swallowtail)

Subgenus

Pterourus (Tiger swallowtails and allies)

Subtaxa

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