Leptocircini is a
tribe
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of
swallowtail butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
that includes the
genera
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''
Eurytides'' (kite swallowtails), ''
Graphium'' (swordtails), and ''
Lamproptera
''Lamproptera'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae and the tribe Leptocircini.
Species
References
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Papilionidae
Butterfly genera ...
'' (dragontails).
Taxonomy
The tribe consists of roughly 140
species
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in nine genera worldwide and one native North American species, ''
Protographium marcellus
''Eurytides marcellus'', the zebra swallowtail, (formerly listed under genera '' Protographium'', '' Iphiclides'', '' Graphium'' and '' Papilio'' by some authorities) is a swallowtail butterfly native to the eastern United States and south-east ...
''.
Genera
This tribe consists of the following genera:
* ''
Eurytides''
* ''
Graphium''
* ''
Iphiclides
''Iphiclides'' is a genus of butterflies of the family Papilionidae (swallowtails).
Taxonomy
The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. It contains three species: '' Iphiclides podalirius'', '' Iphiclides feisthamelii'', and ''Iphiclides ...
''
* ''
Lamproptera
''Lamproptera'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae and the tribe Leptocircini.
Species
References
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Butterfly genera ...
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* ''
Meandrusa
''Meandrusa'' is a genus of butterflies within the subfamily Papilioninae of the family Papilionidae (swallowtails).
Species
*''Meandrusa gyas'' (Westwood, 1841) – brown gorgon
*''Meandrusa lachinus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1902)
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* ''
Mimoides
''Mimoides'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. The species native to the Americas were formerly in genus '' Eurytides''.
Species
* '' Mimoides ariarathes'' (Esper, 1788)
* '' Mimoides euryleon'' (Hewitson, 856 – false catt ...
''
* ''
Protesilaus
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* ''
Protographium''
* ''
Teinopalpus''
References
* Scott, J. A. (1992). ''Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide''. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
* Tyler, H. A., Brown, K. S., Jr., & Wilson, K. H. (1994). ''Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas: A Study in Biological Dynamics, Ecological Diversity, Biosystematics, and Conservation''. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers.
* Lepidoptera and some other life forms
''Protographium''* Lepidoptera and some other life forms
Papilionidae
Butterfly tribes
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