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Checklist for Family Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 (Apollos)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
77
2035
5452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
76
2029
5435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
73
2014
5363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
26
1285
3443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
1173
3171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
5
253
684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPapilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Swallotails
9
39
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
9 Genera with 39 Species
Eurytides Hübner, 1906Kite Swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Graphium Scopoli, 1836Bluebottles and Jays4SpeciesTaxom
Mimoides Brown, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Ornithoptera Boisduval, 0Birdwings3SpeciesTaxom
Pachliopta Reakirt, 0Red-bodied swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1767Chilasa23SpeciesTaxom
Parides Hübner, 1853Cattlehearts2SpeciesTaxom
Parnassius Latreille, 1927Apollos2SpeciesTaxom
Protographium Munroe, 18212SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
39 Species and 15 Subspecies
Eurytides serville acritus Rothschild &..., 1906
Graphium (Arisbe) antheus Cramer, 1779Large Striped Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) cyrnus Boisduval, 1836Madagascan Graphium
Graphium (Arisbe) endochus Boisduval, 1836
Graphium (Arisbe) evombar Boisduval, 1836Madagascan Striped Swordtail
Mimoides ariarathes leuctra Rothschild &..., 1906
Ornithoptera priamus euphorion (Parrott & De..., 1989)⇒ Ornithoptera priamus Linnaeus, 1758
Ornithoptera meridionalis meridionalis Rothschild, 1897
Ornithoptera astenous
Pachliopta liris liris
Papilio anchisiades capys Hübner, 1809
Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758'Baird's' Old World Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) dardanus (Brown, 1776)⇒ Xanthocastnia evalthe Fabricius, 1776
Papilio (Princeps) delalandei Godart, 1824
Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798African lime swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) demoleus Linnaeus, 1758Checkered Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) echerioides Trimen, 1868White-Banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) euphranor Trimen, 1868Bush Kite
Papilio (Princeps) fuscus Goeze, 1779Canopus Butterfly
Papilio (Princeps) mangoura Hewitson, 1875Mangoura Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) menestheus Drury, 1773Western Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) nireus Linnaeus, 1758African Blue-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864Giant Blue Swallowtail
Papilio (Pterourus) canadensis (Rotschild & ..., 1906)⇒ Papilio glaucus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio antiphates antiphonus (Fruhstorfer, 1902)⇒ Graphium antiphates Cramer, 1775
Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952Broadly Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio clytus (Linné, 1764)⇒ Dira clytus Linnaeus, 1764
Papilio lara (Linné, 1764)⇒ Leptomyrina lara Linnaeus, 1764
Papilio menatius syndemis Tyler, Brown..., 1994
Papilio nais (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Euthalia nais Forster, 1771
Papilio rhetenor leucocelis Jordan, 1909
Papilio thrax (Linné, 1767)⇒ Erionota torus Evans, 1941
Parides lysander phrynichus (C. Felder & ..., 1864)⇒ Parides lysander brissonius Hübner, 1819
Parides vertumnus cixius G.R. Gray, 1853
Parnassius mnemosyne argiope Fruhstorfer, 1916
Parnassius simo simoides Bang-Haas, 1927
Protographium dioxippus diores Rothschild &..., 1906
Protographium thyastes diaphorus J. Hübner, 1821

Subnodes of Papilionidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyPapilioninae
Latreille, 1802
Swallowtails
8
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParnassiinae
Duponchel, 1835
Apollos, Parnassians
1
2
Genus
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