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Checklist for Family Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 (Apollos)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
530
15898
85805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
98
4765
18084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
96
4730
18032
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
91
4701
17879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
33
2604
8713
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
28
2264
7168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
6
451
1480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPapilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Swallotails
23
131
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
23 Genera with 131 Species
#ABCEGHIMNOPTZ
Atrophaneura Reakirt, 1895Pachliopta4SpeciesTaxom
Baronia Salvin, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Battus Scopoli, 17713SpeciesTaxom
Chilasa Moore, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Cressida Swainson, 18763SpeciesTaxom
Eleppone Hancock, 1979
0SpeciesTaxom
Eurycus Boisduval, 02SpeciesTaxom
Eurytides Hübner, 1906Kite Swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Graphium Scopoli, 1965Bluebottles and Jays47SpeciesTaxom
Heraclides Hübner, 1878Giant swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Iphiclides Hübner, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Mimoides Brown, 18364SpeciesTaxom
Neographium Munroe, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1853Birdwings13SpeciesTaxom
Pachliopta Reakirt, 0Red-bodied swallowtails4SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 0Chilasa82SpeciesTaxom
Parides Hübner, 1853Cattlehearts7SpeciesTaxom
Parnassius Latreille, 1793Apollos6SpeciesTaxom
Protesilaus Swainson, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Protographium Munroe, 18216SpeciesTaxom
Pterourus Scopoli, 1906Tiger swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Troides Hübner, 0Birdwings6SpeciesTaxom
Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 17751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
131 Species and 95 Subspecies
Atrophaneura semperi melanotus Staudinger, 1889
Atrophaneura (Atrophaneura) varuna White, 1842Batwings
Atrophaneura (Pachliopta) polydorus Linnaeus, 1763Red Bodied Swallowtail
Atrophaneura polydorus queenslandicus Rothschild, 1895
Baronia brevicornis phronima (H.G. Dyar, 1912)⇒ Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893
Battus belus belus (Cramer, 1777)⇒ Battus belus varus Kollar, 1850
Battus laodamas Felder, 1859Green-patch Swallowtail
Battus philenor Linnaeus, 1771Blue pipevine swallowtail
Cressida cressida Fabricius, 1775Big greasy
Cressida cressida cressida Fabricius, 1775Greasy Swallowtail
Cressida cressida troilus Butler, 1876
Eurycus cressida (Rothschild, 1918)⇒ Cressida cressida Fabricius, 1775
Eurycus harmonia
Eurytides serville acritus Rothschild &..., 1906
Graphium angolanus angolanus Goeze, 1779Southern Angola White Lady
Graphium leonidas leonidas Fabricius, 1793
Graphium leonidas pelopidas Oberthür, 1879
Graphium (Arisbe) policenes Cramer, 1775Common Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) porthaon Hewitson, 1865Coastal Swordtail
Graphium (Graphium) agamemnon Linnaeus, 1758Green jay
Graphium agamemnon ligatum Rothschild, 1895Green Spotted Triangle
Graphium agamemnon ligatus Rothschild, 1895Green-spotted Triangle
Graphium (Graphium) codrus Cramer, 1779Eastern Olive Triangle
Graphium codrus gabriellae (Racheli, 1979)⇒ Graphium codrus Cramer, 1779
Graphium codrus medon C. & R. Felder, 1864
Graphium (Graphium) eurypylus Linnaeus, 1758Great Jay
Graphium eurypylus eurypylus
Graphium eurypylus lycaenoides Rothschild, 1895
Graphium eurypylus lycaon C. & R. Felder, 1865Palegreen Triangle
Graphium eurypylus lycaonides Rothschild, 1895
Graphium eurypylus nyctimus Waterhouse &..., 1914Palegreen Triangle
Graphium (Graphium) macfarlanei Butler, 1877Green Triangle
Graphium macfarlanei macfarlanei Butler, 1877Green Triangle Butterlfy
Graphium (Graphium) macleayanum Leach, 1814Macleay's Swallowtail
Graphium macleayanum insulanum
Graphium macleayanum macleayanum Leach, 1814Macleay´s Swallowtail
Graphium macleayanum moggana Couchman, 1965
Graphium (Graphium) sarpedon Linnaeus, 1758Blue bottle
Graphium sarpedon choredon C & R Felder, 1864Blue Triangle Butterfly
Graphium sarpedon sarpedon Linné, 1758Common Bluebottle
Graphium wallacei wallacei Hewitson, 1858
Graphium weiskei weiskei RIBBE, 1900
Graphium macareus dawna Tytler, 1939
Graphium macareus perakensis Fruhstorfer, 1899Lesser Zebra
Graphium megarus megapenthes Fruhstorfer, 1902Spotted Zebra
Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates Cramer, 1775Five-bar Swordtail
Graphium antiphates pompilius Fabricius, 1787Five bar swordtail
Graphium (Pathysa) aristeus Cramer, 1780Chain Swordtail
Graphium aristeus anticrates Doubleday, 1846Chain swordtail
Graphium aristeus aristeus
Graphium aristeus parmatum Gray, 1853Fivebar Swordtail
Graphium aristeus parmatus Gray, 1852Fivebar Swordtail
Graphium thule thule Wallace, 1865
Graphium alebion alebion Gray, 1853
Graphium choredon C. & R. Felder, 1864Blue Fanny
Graphium dorcus dorcus De Haan, 1840
Graphium lycaon Felder, 1865
Graphium macleayanus Leech, 1814Green Fanny
Graphium macleayanus insulana Waterhouse, 1920
Graphium macleayanus macleayanus Leach, 1814Macleay´s Swallowtail
Graphium macleayanus moggana L.E. Couchman, 1965Macleay´s Swallowtail
Heraclides himeros lycophron (minor H.C.C...., 1878)⇒ Heraclides himeros himeros Hopffer, 1865
Iphiclides feisthamelii Duponchel, 1832Iberian Scarce Swallowtail
Iphiclides podalirius Linnaeus, 1758Pear-tree Swallowtail
Mimoides ariarathes Esper, 1788
Mimoides ariarathes eumelea L.W. Rothsch..., 1906
Mimoides ilus Fabricius, 1793Dual-spotted Swallowtail
Mimoides thymbraeus Boisduval, 1836White-crescent Swallowtail
Neographium leosthenes Doubleday, 1846
Ornithoptera (Ornithoptera) euphorion Gray, 1852Cairns Birdwing
Ornithoptera (Ornithoptera) priamus Linnaeus, 1758Cairns birdwing butterfly
Ornithoptera priamus euphorion (Parrott & De..., 1989)⇒ Ornithoptera priamus Linnaeus, 1758
Ornithoptera priamus macalpinei Moulds, 1974
Ornithoptera priamus poseidon (Parrott & De..., 1989)⇒ Ornithoptera priamus Linnaeus, 1758
Ornithoptera priamus priamus Linnaeus, 1758
Ornithoptera priamus pronomus Gray, 1852Cape York Birdwing
Ornithoptera priamus richmondia Gray, 1852
Ornithoptera (Ornithoptera) richmondia Gray, 1853Richmond Birdwing
Ornithoptera cassandra (Scott, 1866)⇒ Ornithoptera euphorion Gray, 1852
Ornithoptera poseidon (Doubleday, 1847)⇒ Ornithoptera priamus Linnaeus, 1758
Ornithoptera pronomus Gray, 1852
Ornithoptera richmondius Gray, 1853Richmond Birdwing
Pachliopta liris liris
Pachliopta polydorus Linnaeus, 1758Red-bodied Swallowtail
Pachliopta polydorus queenslandicus Rothschild, 1895Redbodied Swallowtail
Pachliopta polyphontes sejanus
Papilio (Eleppone) anactus MacLeay, 1827Dainty Swallowtail
Papilio astyalus hippomedon C. & R. Felder, 1859
Papilio astyalus lycophron Hübner, 1823
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus Goeze, 1779
Papilio (Papilio) indra Reakirt, 1866Cliff Swallowtail
Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758'Baird's' Old World Swallowtail
Papilio (Papilio) zelicaon Lucas, 1852Anise Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) aegeus Donovan, 1805Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly
Papilio aegeus aegates (Fruhstorfer, 1903)⇒ Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805
Papilio aegeus aegeus Donovan, 1805Large Citrus Butterfly
Papilio aegeus oritas Godman-&-Salvin, 1879
Papilio aegeus ormenulus (Fruhstorfer, 1902)⇒ Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805
Papilio aegeus ormenus Guérin, 1829
Papilio (Princeps) ambrax Boisduval, 1832Ambax sallowtail
Papilio ambrax ambrax Boisduval, 1832
Papilio ambrax egipius Miskin, 1876
Papilio (Princeps) amynthor Boisduval, 1859Norfolk Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798African lime swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) demoleus Linnaeus, 1758Checkered Swallowtail
Papilio demoleus sthenelinus (Rothschild, 1895)⇒ Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio demoleus sthenelus MacLeay, 1826Chequered Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) fuscus Goeze, 1779Canopus Butterfly
Papilio fuscus becarii Oberthur, 1879
Papilio fuscus canopus Westwood, 1842Canopus Butterfly
Papilio fuscus capaneus Westwood, 1843Capaneus Butterfly
Papilio fuscus hasterti RIBBE, 1907
Papilio fuscus indicatus Butler, 1876
Papilio helenus orosius (Fruhstorfer, 1908)⇒ Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio (Princeps) memnon Linnaeus, 1758Christmas swallowtail
Papilio memnon memnon Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio menestheus menestheus Drury, 1773
Papilio (Princeps) nireus Linnaeus, 1758African Blue-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) polytes Linnaeus, 1758Common Mormon
Papilio polytes alphenor Cramer, 1776Philippine Mormon
Papilio (Princeps) ulysses Linnaeus, 1758Blue Emperor
Papilio ulysses autulycus
Papilio ulysses gabrielis Rothschild, 1898
Papilio ulysses joesa Butler, 1869Ulysses Butterfly
Papilio ulysses telephanes (Fruhstorfer, 1902)⇒ Papilio ulysses Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio (Pterourus) appalachiensis Pavulaan & W..., 2002Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio (Pterourus) canadensis (Rotschild & ..., 1906)⇒ Papilio glaucus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio (Pterourus) eurymedon Lucas, 1852Pale Swallowtail
Papilio (Pterourus) glaucus Linnaeus, 1758Canadian tiger swallowtail
Papilio (Pterourus) multicaudata Kirby, 1884Double Swallowtail
Papilio (Pterourus) rutulus Lucas, 1853Western swallowtail
Papilio (Pterourus) troilus Linnaeus, 1758Blue swallowtail
Papilio adrastus Stoll, 1780
Papilio aegisthus (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Nothus lunus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio agamemnon aegisthus Linnaeus, 1763
Papilio arcturus arcturus Westwood, 1842Blue Peacock
Papilio aulus Fruhstorfer, 1908
Papilio canopus canopinus (Rothschild, 1895)⇒ Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779
Papilio capaneus (Westwood, 1843)⇒ Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779
Papilio demosthenes (Perry, 1811)⇒ Caligo beltrao Illiger, 1801
Papilio egipius (Miskin, 1876)⇒ Papilio ambrax Boisduval, 1832
Papilio erectheus (Hancock, 1983)⇒ Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805
Papilio erinus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Candalides erinus Fabricius, 1775
Papilio erithonius (Cramer, 1779)⇒ Euphaedra eupalus Fabricius, 1782
Papilio euchenor euchenor Guérin-Ménev..., 1830
Papilio evagoras (Gray, 1853)⇒ Mimoides ariarathes Esper, 1788
Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793Homerus Swallowtail
Papilio isidorus brises Rothschild &..., 1906
Papilio iswaroides iswaroides
Papilio jason ampyx (Fruhstorfer, 1907)⇒ Graphium doson Felder, 1864
Papilio jason gyndes (Fruhstorfer, 1907)⇒ Graphium doson Felder, 1864
Papilio lycaon (Rottemburg, 1775)⇒ Asterocampa clyton Boisduval & ..., 1835
Papilio malayanus Wallace, 1865
Papilio oenomaus Godart, 1819
Papilio orophanes (Boisduval, 1832)⇒ Papilio ambrax Boisduval, 1832
Papilio palinurus palinurus Fabricius, 1787Banded Peacock
Papilio pergamus (Edwards, 1875)⇒ Papilio indra Reakirt, 1866
Papilio pericles Wallace, 1865
Papilio priamus Linnæus, 1758
Papilio rumanzowius spinturnix (Fruhstorfer, 1909)⇒ Papilio rumanzovia Eschscholtz, 1821
Papilio sylvester (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Euploea sylvester Fabricius, 1793
Papilio tulliolus (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Euploea tulliolus Fabricius, 1793
Papilio tydeus tydeus
Papilio weymeri Niepelt, 1914
Papilio zolicaon
Parides (Parides) eurimedes Stoll, 1782Arcas Cattleheart
Parides erithalion Boisduval, 1836Variable Cattleheart
Parides iphidamas Fabricius, 1793Iphidamas Cattleheart
Parides montezuma Westwood, 1842Montezuma's cattleheart
Parides photinus Doubleday, 1845Pink-spotted Cattleheart
Parides priapus Boisduval, 1836
Parides vertumnus cixius G.R. Gray, 1853
Parnassius (Driopa) clodius Ménétriés, 1855American Apollo
Parnassius eversmanni thor H. Edwards, 1881Alaskan Parnassian
Parnassius (Driopa) mnemosyne Linnaeus, 1758Clouded Apollo
Parnassius mnemosyne argiope Fruhstorfer, 1916
Parnassius apollo Linnaeus, 1758Apollo
Parnassius phoebus Fabricius, 1793'Phoebus' Phoebus Parnassian
Protesilaus telesilaus vitellus Fruhstorfer, 1907
Protographium agesilaus Guérin & Per..., 1835Short-lined Kite Swallowtail
Protographium anaxilaus Felder & Felder, 1865Small Kite Swallowtail
Protographium leosthenes Doubleday, 1846Four-bar swordtail
Protographium leosthenes geimbia Tindale, 1927Fourbar Swordtail
Protographium leosthenes leosthenes Doubleday, 1846Fourbar Swordtail
Protographium thyastes diaphorus J. Hübner, 1821
Pterourus canadensis (Rothschild &..., 1906)⇒ Papilio eurymedon Lucas, 1852
Troides (Troides) aeacus Felder, 1860Golden Birdwing
Troides euphorion (Gray, 1852)⇒ Ornithoptera euphorion Gray, 1852
Troides priamus (Rothschild, 1895)⇒ Ornithoptera euphorion Gray, 1852
Troides priamus richmondia Gray, 1853Richmond Birdwing
Troides richmondia Gray, 1853Richmond Birdwing
Troides stephensonii
Zerynthia (Zerynthia) polyxena (Denis & Schi..., 1775)⇒ Zerynthia rumina Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Papilionidae with occurrences in Australia
SubfamilyBaroniinae
Bryk, 1913
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPapilioninae
Latreille, 1802
Swallowtails
18
122
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParnassiinae
Duponchel, 1835
Apollos, Parnassians
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



Papilionidae (Latreille 1802)
Papilionidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Papilionidae at artfakta.se
Papilionidae at dyntaxa.se
Papilionidae at gbif.org
Papilionidae at irmng.org
Papilionidae at itis.gov