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Checklist for Family Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 (Apollos)
and region Northeast India (India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
372
3864
9821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
372
3864
9821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
355
3786
9694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
243
3204
8761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
56
1411
2908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
55
1410
2906
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
54
1408
2904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
24
1059
2264
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
996
2163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
5
321
1046
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPapilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Swallotails
20
107
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northeast India
20 Genera with 107 Species
Atrophaneura Reakirt, 0Pachliopta7SpeciesTaxom
Bhutanitis Atkinson, 1873Bhutan Glory2SpeciesTaxom
Byasa Moore, 1842Red-bodied swallowtails6SpeciesTaxom
Chilasa Moore, 07SpeciesTaxom
Dabasa Moore, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Graphium Scopoli, 1886Bluebottles and Jays35SpeciesTaxom
Lamproptera Gray, 1831Dragontails3SpeciesTaxom
Lolaus1SpeciesTaxom
Losaria Moore, 1793Red-bodied swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Meandrusa Moore, 1890Hooked Swallowtails4SpeciesTaxom
Meandrusia1SpeciesTaxom
Nacduba1SpeciesTaxom
Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1913Birdwings1SpeciesTaxom
Pachiopta1SpeciesTaxom
Pachliopta Reakirt, 1758Red-bodied swallowtails2SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1859Chilasa52SpeciesTaxom
Parnassius Latreille, 1931Apollos7SpeciesTaxom
Pazala Moore, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Teinopalpus Hope, 1843Kaiser-e-Hind1SpeciesTaxom
Troides Hübner, 1835Birdwings6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northeast India
107 Species and 40 Subspecies
Atrophaneura (Atrophaneura) aidoneus Doubleday, 1845Batwings
Atrophaneura (Atrophaneura) dasarada (Moore, 1857)⇒ Byasa dasarada Moore, 1857
Atrophaneura (Atrophaneura) varuna White, 1842Batwings
Atrophaneura varuna astorion Westwood, 1842Common Batwing
Atrophaneura (Losaria) coon Fabricius, 1793Common Clubtail
Atrophaneura (Pachliopta) aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricius, 1775
Atrophaneura philoxenus⇒ Byasa polyeuctes Doubleday, 1842
Bhutanitis lidderdalei Jordan, 1909
Bhutanitis lidderdalii Atkinson, 1873Bhutan Glory
Byasa alcinous Klug, 1836Chinese Windmill
Byasa dasarada Moore, 1857Great Windmill
Byasa latreillei Donovan, 1826Rose Windmill
Byasa plutonius Oberthür, 1876Chinese Windmill
Byasa polla de Nicéville, 1897De Nicéville´s windmill
Byasa polyeuctes Doubleday, 1842Common Windmill
Chilasa (Chilasa) agestor (Gray, 1831)⇒ Papilio agestor Gray, 1831
Chilasa (Chilasa) clytia Linnaeus, 1758Common Mime
Chilasa (Chilasa) epycides (Hewitson, 1862)⇒ Papilio epycides Hewitson, 1869
Chilasa (Chilasa) paradoxa Zincken, 1831Great Blue Mime
Chilasa paradoxa danisepa
Chilasa (Chilasa) slateri (Hewitson, 1857)⇒ Papilio slateri Hewitson, 1857
Chilasa slateri jaintinus
Graphium (Graphium) agamemnon Linnaeus, 1758Green jay
Graphium agamemnon agamemnon Linné, 1758Tailed Jay
Graphium (Graphium) bathycles Zinken, 1831Veined Jay
Graphium (Graphium) chiron Wallace, 1865Veined Jay
Graphium (Graphium) cloanthus Westwood, 1841Glassy Bluebottle
Graphium (Graphium) doson Felder, 1864Common Jay
Graphium (Graphium) eurypylus Linnaeus, 1758Great Jay
Graphium (Graphium) evemon Boisduval, 1836Blue Jay
Graphium evemon albociliatis Fruhstorfer, 1901
Graphium (Graphium) meyeri Hopffer, 1874Meyer's Triangle
Graphium (Graphium) sarpedon Linnaeus, 1758Blue bottle
Graphium (Paranticopsis) macareus (Godart, 1819)⇒ Pathysa macareus Godart, 1819
Graphium macareus gyndes
Graphium macareus indicus Rothschild, 1895Lesser zebra
Graphium macareus lioneli Fruhstorfer, 1902
Graphium macareus macareus Godart, 1819
Graphium (Paranticopsis) megarus (Westwood, 1845)⇒ Pathysa megarus Westwood, 1841
Graphium (Paranticopsis) xenocles Doubleday, 1842Great Zebra
Graphium (Pathysa) agetes Westwood, 1843Fourbar Swordtail
Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates Cramer, 1775Five-bar Swordtail
Graphium antiphates alcibiades Fabricius, 1787
Graphium antiphates antiphates Cramer, 1775
Graphium antiphates nebulosus
Graphium antiphates pompilius Fabricius, 1787Five bar swordtail
Graphium (Pathysa) aristeus Cramer, 1780Chain Swordtail
Graphium (Pathysa) nomius Esper, 1793Spot Swordtail
Graphium nomius nomiusSpot swordtail
Graphium (Pazala) eurous Leech, 1893Sixbar Swordtail
Graphium eurous caschmirensis Rothschild, 1895
Graphium eurous sikkimensis Heron, 1899
Graphium eurous sikkimica Heron, 1899Six bar swordtail
Graphium mandarinus paphus Nicéville, 1886Spectacled swordtail
Graphium chironides Honrath, 1884Veined Jay
Graphium dorcus dorcus De Haan, 1840
Graphium paphus de Nicéville, 1886
Lamproptera curius Fabricius, 1787White Dragontail
Lamproptera indistincta Tytler, 1918
Lamproptera meges Zinken, 1831Green Dragontail
Lolaus albocaeruleus
Losaria coon Fabricius, 1793Atrophaneura coon
Meandrusa gigas lachinus
Meandrusa lachinus Fruhstorfer, 1902Brown Gorgon
Meandrusa payeni Boisduval, 1836Outlet Sword
Meandrusa sciron Leech, 1890Brown Gorgon
Meandrusia payemi
Nacduba pactolus continentalis
Ornithoptera helena (Fruhstorfer, 1913)⇒ Troides helena Linnaeus, 1758
Pachiopta coon cacharensis
Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricius, 1775Common Rose
Pachliopta hector Linnaeus, 1758Crimson Rose
Papilio (Chilasa) clytia (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Heliconius wallacei Reakirt, 1866
Papilio (Menelaides) protenor Fruhstorfer, 1908
Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758'Baird's' Old World Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) bootes Westwood, 1842Tailed Redbreast
Papilio bootes mixta
Papilio (Princeps) castor (Westwood, 1842)⇒ Charaxes pollux Cramer, 1775
Papilio (Princeps) demoleus Linnaeus, 1758Checkered Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) elephenor Doubleday, 1845Yellow-crested Spangle
Papilio (Princeps) fuscus Goeze, 1779Canopus Butterfly
Papilio (Princeps) helenus Linnaeus, 1758Red Helen
Papilio (Princeps) memnon Linnaeus, 1758Christmas swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) nephelus Boisduval, 1836Black and White Helen
Papilio (Princeps) paris Linnaeus, 1758Paris Peacock
Papilio paris decorosa Fruhstorfer, 1909Paris peacock
Papilio paris paris (Linné, 1758)⇒ Papilio paris Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio (Princeps) polyctor (Boisduval, 1836)⇒ Papilio bianor Cramer, 1777
Papilio polyctor mai
Papilio (Princeps) polytes Linnaeus, 1758Common Mormon
Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, 1775Common Mormon
Papilio (Princeps) protenor Cramer, 1775Spangle
Papilio protenor euprotenor (Fruhstorfer, 1908)⇒ Papilio protenor Cramer, 1775
Papilio (Pterourus) glaucus Linnaeus, 1758Canadian tiger swallowtail
Papilio agestor Gray, 1831Tawny Mime
Papilio alcmenor C&R Felder, 1864Common redbreast
Papilio alcmenor albolunata
Papilio alcmenor turificator
Papilio arcturus Westwood, 1842Blue Peacock
Papilio arcturus privatus (Röber, 1927)⇒ Papilio arcturus Westwood, 1842
Papilio bianor Cramer, 1777Chinese Peacock
Papilio bianor gladiator Fruhstorfer, 1902Chinese Peacock
Papilio chaon (Westwood, 1845)⇒ Papilio neyi Niepelt, 1909
Papilio cloanthe (Stoll, 1781)⇒ Catacroptera cloanthe Cramer, 1782
Papilio clytus (Linné, 1764)⇒ Dira clytus Linnaeus, 1764
Papilio dravidarum Wood-Mason, 1880Malabar Raven
Papilio epycides Hewitson, 1869Lesser Mime
Papilio hesione (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Pareuptychia ocirrhoe Fabricius, 1776
Papilio hipponous leptosephus Fruhstorfer, 1909
Papilio janaka Moore & Hors..., 1857Himalayan Tailed Redbreast
Papilio karna Felder & Felder, 1864Jungle Jade Swallowtail
Papilio krishna Moore, 1857Krishna Peacock
Papilio krishna manipuri
Papilio neumoegeni Honrath, 1890
Papilio neyi Niepelt, 1909
Papilio paradoxa (Zinken, 1831)⇒ Chilasa paradoxa Zincken, 1831
Papilio paradoxa telearchus Hewitson, 1852Great Blue Mime
Papilio paradoxus (Zincken, 1831)⇒ Chilasa paradoxa Zincken, 1831
Papilio polymnestor Cramer, 1775Blue Mormon
Papilio ravana Oberthür & ..., 1920
Papilio rhetenor (C&R Felder, 1864)⇒ Morpho rhetenor Cramer, 1775
Papilio slateri Hewitson, 1857Blue Striped Mime
Papilio slateri slateri Hewitson, 1859Blue Striped Mime
Parnassius orleans parthenos (Bryk, 1932)⇒ Parnassius orleans Oberthür, 1890
Parnassius bremeri Bremer, 1864Snow Apollo
Parnassius epaphus Oberthür, 1879Common Red Apollo
Parnassius hardwickii Gray, 1831Banded Apollo Parnassius delphius
Parnassius simo moelleri
Parnassius stoliczkanus Felder & Felder, 1864Ladak Banded Apollo
Parnassius szechenyi lethe (Bryk & Eisner, 1931)⇒ Parnassius szechenyii Frivaldsky, 1886
Pazala eurous Leech, 1893Sixbar Swordtail
Teinopalpus imperialis Hope, 1843Kaiser-e-Hind
Troides (Troides) aeacus Felder, 1860Golden Birdwing
Troides (Troides) andromache Staudinger, 1892Borneo Birdwing
Troides (Troides) helena Linnaeus, 1758Common Birdwing
Troides helena cerberus C. & R. Felder, 1865Common Birdwing
Troides (Troides) minos Cramer, 1779Common Birdwing
Troides (Troides) rhadamantus Lucas, 1835Golden Birdwing

Subnodes of Papilionidae with occurrences in Northeast India
SubfamilyPapilioninae
Latreille, 1802
Swallowtails
13
94
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParnassiinae
Duponchel, 1835
Apollos, Parnassians
2
9
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