Papilio
Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is Latin for butterfly. alt=Lime Butterfly in Behbahan|thumb|Lime butterfly in [[Behbahan]] It includes the common yellow swallowtail (Papilio machaon), which is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and the type species of the genus, as well as a number of other well-known North American species such as the western tiger swallowtail (Papilio rutulus). Familiar species elsewhere in the world include the Mormons (Papilio polytes, Papilio polymnestor
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyPapilionidae
鳳蝶屬（Mormon、Swallowtails，學名：Papilio是蝴蝶的拉丁文）是鳳蝶亞科鳳蝶族個的一個屬。物種繁多，包含了200多種鳳蝶，除了南極洲外世界各地皆有分佈，一些知名種例如：單尾虎紋鳳蝶（北美）；美鳳蝶、玉帶鳳蝶、苔美鳳蝶、藍裙美鳳蝶（亞洲）；英雄翠鳳蝶、果園美鳳蝶（澳洲）和非洲達摩鳳蝶（非洲）都是鳳蝶屬的品種。亦因為物種多，其分類方法具爭議性。此屬包含了佳美鳳蝶屬、寬尾鳳蝶屬及斑鳳蝶屬，否認者分出此3屬分成4屬。
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Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is Latin for butterfly. alt=Lime Butterfly in Behbahan|thumb|Lime butterfly in [[Behbahan]] It includes the common yellow swallowtail (Papilio machaon), which is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and the type species of the genus, as well as a number of other well-known North American species such as the western tiger swallowtail (Papilio rutulus). Familiar species elsewhere in the world include the Mormons (Papilio polytes, Papilio polymnestor, Papilio memnon, and Papilio deiphobus) in Asia, the orchard and Ulysses swallowtails in Australia (Papilio aegeus, Papilio ulysses, respectively) and the citrus swallowtail of Africa (Papilio demodocus).
Older classifications of the swallowtails tended to use many rather small genera. More recent classifications have been more conservative, and as a result a number of former genera are now absorbed within Papilio, such as Achillides, Eleppone, Druryia, Heraclides (giant swallowtails), Menelaides, Princeps, Pterourus (tiger swallowtails), and Sinoprinceps. The genus as recognized by modern systems has about 200 members. The genus Chilasa is regarded as a subgenus of Papilio by some workers, as are the baggy-tailed swallowtails (Agehana), although the latter taxon is usually considered a subgenus of Chilasa.