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Checklist for Family Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 (Apollos)
and region North Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
657
10948
38362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
653
10924
38301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
627
10787
38002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
387
8356
31453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
69
2306
7037
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2300
7024
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
2299
7023
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
24
1466
4204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
20
1340
3844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
5
378
1191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPapilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Swallotails
17
77
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Africa
17 Genera with 77 Species
Baronia Salvin, 19888SpeciesTaxom
Battus Scopoli, 19713SpeciesTaxom
Calaides Hübner, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Euryades Felder & Felder, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Eurytides Hübner, 1775Kite Swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Graphium Scopoli, 1980Bluebottles and Jays18SpeciesTaxom
Iphiclides Hübner, 18323SpeciesTaxom
Mimoides Brown, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1758Chilasa54SpeciesTaxom
Parides Hübner, 1853Cattlehearts5SpeciesTaxom
Parnassius Latreille, 1927Apollos4SpeciesTaxom
Priamides Hübner, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Protesilaus Swainson, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Protographium Munroe, 18192SpeciesTaxom
Pterourus Scopoli, 1777
Tiger swallowtails0SpeciesTaxom
Troides Hübner, 1908Birdwings1SpeciesTaxom
Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 19073SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Africa
77 Species and 42 Subspecies
Baronia brevicornis albina (L. Vázquez, 1988)⇒ Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893
Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893Baronia
Baronia brevicornis difusa (L. Vázquez, 1988)⇒ Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893
Baronia brevicornis hoffmanni (L. Vázquez, 1988)⇒ Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893
Baronia brevicornis intermedia (L. Vázquez, 1988)⇒ Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893
Baronia brevicornis multipunctatus (L. Vázquez, 1988)⇒ Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893
Baronia brevicornis nigrodiscus (L. Vázquez, 1988)⇒ Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893
Baronia brevicornis salvini (L. Vázquez, 1988)⇒ Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893
Battus philenor Linnaeus, 1771Blue pipevine swallowtail
Battus polydamas Linnaeus, 1758Black page
Battus zetides Munroe, 1971Zetides Swallowtail
Euryades duponchelii Lucas, 1836
Eurytides dolicaon dolicaon (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Eurytides dolicaon deileon C. Felder & ..., 1865
Graphium (Arisbe) almansor Honrath, 1884Almansor White-lady Swordtail
Graphium almansor escherichi Gaede, 1915
Graphium almansor snowi
Graphium (Arisbe) angolanus Goeze, 1779Angola White Lady
Graphium angolanus baronis Ungemach, 1932Northern Angola White Lady
Graphium (Arisbe) antheus Cramer, 1779Large Striped Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) colonna Christopher ..., 1873Black Swordtail
Graphium latreillianus latreillianus Godart, 1819
Graphium (Arisbe) leonidas Fabricius, 1793Common Graphium
Graphium leonidas leonidas Fabricius, 1793
Graphium (Arisbe) philonoe Christopher ..., 1873Eastern Graphium
Graphium philonoe whalleyi Talbot, 1929
Graphium (Arisbe) policenes Cramer, 1775Common Swordtail
Graphium policenes policenes Cramer, 1775
Graphium policenes telloi (Hecq, 1999)⇒ Graphium policenes Cramer, 1775
Graphium (Arisbe) ridleyanus White, 1843Acraea Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) tynderaeus Fabricius, 1793Electric Green Swordtail
Graphium monticolus textrix Tsukada & Ni..., 1980
Iphiclides feisthamelii Duponchel, 1832Iberian Scarce Swallowtail
Iphiclides podalirius Linnaeus, 1758Pear-tree Swallowtail
Iphiclides podalirius feisthamelii (Duponchel, 1832)⇒ Iphiclides feisthamelii Duponchel, 1832
Mimoides lysithous athous (C. Felder & ..., 1864)⇒ Mimoides lysithous harrisianus Swainson, 1822
Papilio (Heraclides) anchisiades Esper, 1788Idaes Swallowtail
Papilio (Heraclides) aristodemus Esper, 1794Island Swallowtail
Papilio (Heraclides) astyalus Godart, 1819Astyalus Swallowtail
Papilio (Heraclides) thoas Linnaeus, 1771King page
Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758'Baird's' Old World Swallowtail
Papilio machaon mauretanicus
Papilio machaon saharae
Papilio (Papilio) saharae Oberthür, 1879Desert Swallotail
Papilio (Princeps) antimachus Drury, 1872African Giant Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) cynorta Fabricius, 1793Common White Banded Papilio
Papilio (Princeps) dardanus (Brown, 1776)⇒ Xanthocastnia evalthe Fabricius, 1776
Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798African lime swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) demoleus Linnaeus, 1758Checkered Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) echerioides Trimen, 1868White-Banded Swallowtail
Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945Zoroaster Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) gallienus Distant, 1879Narrow-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) hesperus (Westwood, 1843)⇒ Hamanumida daedalus Fabricius, 1775
Papilio hesperus sudana Gabriel, 1945
Papilio (Princeps) jacksoni Sharpe, 1891Jackson's Swallowtail
Papilio jacksoni imatonga Clifton & Co..., 1997
Papilio (Princeps) lormieri Distant, 1874Central Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891MacKinnon's Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) mechowi Dewitz, 1881
Papilio mechowi mechowi Dewitz, 1881
Papilio (Princeps) mechowianus Dewitz, 1885
Papilio (Princeps) menestheus Drury, 1773Western Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) nireus Linnaeus, 1758African Blue-banded Swallowtail
Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845Narrow Green-Banded Swallowtail
Papilio nireus pseudonireus C. & R. Felder, 1865
Papilio (Princeps) nobilis (Rogenhofer, 1891)⇒ Myscelus nobilis Cramer, 1777
Papilio nobilis didingensis Carpenter, 1928
Papilio (Princeps) phorcas Cramer, 1775Apple-green Swallowtail
Papilio phorcas sudanicola Storace, 1965
Papilio (Princeps) plagiatus Aurivillius, 1898Mountain Mimetic Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) rex Oberthür, 1866King Papilio
Papilio rex franciscae Carpenter, 1928
Papilio (Princeps) saharae Oberthür, 1879
Papilio (Princeps) zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864Giant Blue Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) zenobia Fabricius, 1875Volta Swallowtail
Papilio (Pterourus) palamedes (Drury, 1770)⇒ Papilio thersites Fabricius, 1775
Papilio almansor (Honrath, 1884)⇒ Graphium almansor Honrath, 1884
Papilio aurora (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Colias heos Herbst, 1792
Papilio caiguanabus Poey, 1851Poey's Black Swallowtail
Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952Broadly Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio euchenor naucles Rothschild, 1908
Papilio jason ampyx (Fruhstorfer, 1907)⇒ Graphium doson Felder, 1864
Papilio menatius Fabricius, 1793Victorine Swallowtail
Papilio palinurus palinurus Fabricius, 1787Banded Peacock
Papilio pollux (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Charaxes pollux Cramer, 1775
Papilio rhetenor leucocelis Jordan, 1909
Papilio sao (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)⇒ Pyrgus malvae Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio sataspes ahasverus Staudinger, 1895
Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926
Papilio zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Acraea zetes Linnaeus, 1758
Parides erithalion Boisduval, 1836Variable Cattleheart
Parides gundlachianus Felder, 1864Cuban Cattleheart
Parides sesostris Cramer, 1779Emerald-patched Cattleheart
Parides tros Fabricius, 1793
Parides zacynthus orsillus (G.R. Gray, 1853)⇒ Parides zacynthus polymetus Godart, 1819
Parnassius (Driopa) mnemosyne Linnaeus, 1758Clouded Apollo
Parnassius mnemosyne argiope Fruhstorfer, 1916
Parnassius apollo heliophilus Fruhstorfer, 1909
Parnassius nomion theagenes (Bang-Haas, 1927)⇒ Parnassius nomion Fischer de W..., 1823
Protesilaus stenodesmus Rothschild &..., 1906
Protographium agesilaus Guérin & Per..., 1835Short-lined Kite Swallowtail
Protographium leucaspis Godart, 1819
Troides helena rhyparia Jordan, 1908
Zerynthia (Zerynthia) polyxena (Denis & Schi..., 1775)⇒ Zerynthia rumina Linnaeus, 1758
Zerynthia (Zerynthia) rumina Linnaeus, 1758Spanish Festoon
Zerynthia rumina africana (Stichel, 1907)⇒ Zerynthia rumina Linnaeus, 1758

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

Taxom

SubfamilyPapilioninae
Latreille, 1802
Swallowtails
12
71
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParnassiinae
Duponchel, 1835
Apollos, Parnassians
2
5
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