Papilioninae facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Papilioninae
Macleay's Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae Latreille, 1802
Tribes
Leptocircini Papilionini Teinopalpini Troidini

Lime butterfly Papilio demoleus

Papilioninae is a subfamily of butterflies. It belongs in the family Papilionidae. The species are found worldwide.

The caterpillars feed on plants in the following families: Rosaceae, Apiaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Magnoliaceae, Lauraceae, and Annonaceae. Caterpillars that feed on Aristolochiaceae species become poisonous. When they become adults, they are still poisonous. Because of this, many butterflies in the families Papilionidae and Nymphalidae mimic Aristolochiaceae feeders.

Very few adult Papilioninae species migrate. They spend the winter as chrysailds.

List of genera

• Atrophaneura Reakirt, 1865
• Battus Scopoli, 1777
• Byasa Moore, 1882
• Chilasa Moore, 1881
• Cressida Swainson, 1832
• Euryades Felder & Felder, 1864
• Eurytides Hübner, 1821
• Graphium Westwood, 1841
• Iphiclides Hübner, 1819
• Lamproptera Gray, 1832
• Losaria Moore, 1902
• Meandrusa Moore, 1888
• Mimoides Brown, 1991
• Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1832
• Pachliopta Reakirt, 1865
• Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
• Parides Hübner, 1819
• Pharmacophagus Haase, 1892
• Praepapilio Durden and Rose, 1978†
• Protesilaus Swainson, 1832
• Protographium Munroe, 1961
• Teinopalpus Hope, 1843
• Trogonoptera Rippon, 1890
• Troides Hübner, 1819

See also

In Spanish: Papilioninae para niños