Le farfalle "a coda di rondine" Papilionidae, Latreille, [1802], sono senza dubbio le più famose e meglio studiate farfalle a causa delle loro grandi dimensioni, dei colori abbaglianti e delle forme eleganti. Tyler, Brown e Wilson (1994) hanno riassunto le conoscenze su Papilionidae americane in un volume incredibilmente istruttivo e compatto (1).
Classificazione scientifica semplificata:
Family : Papilionidae
Subfamily : Papilioninae -
Tribe : Papilionini
alcune specie :
- Heraclides anchisiades (Esper, 1788)
- Heraclides androgeus (Cramer, 1775)
- Heraclides astyalus astyalus (Godart, 1819)
- Heraclides caiguanabus (Poey, 1852)
- Heraclides cresphontes(Cramer, 1777)
- Heraclides hectorides (Esper, 1784)
- Heraclides homothoas (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
- Heraclides isidorus (Doubleday, 1846)
- Heraclides melonius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
- Heraclides thoas (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Heraclides thoas brasiliensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
Tribe : Troidini
alcune specie :
- Battus crassus (Cramer, 1777)
- Battus philenor (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Battus polydamas polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Parides lysander mattogrossensis (Talbot, 1928)
- Parides neophilus (Geyer, 1837)
altre Tribe : Graphiini, Leptocircini.
Subfamily : Parnassinae - Tribe : Luehdorfiini, Parnassiini
La famiglia delle Papilionidae comprende altre diverse specie di farfalle, tra le quali :
- Byasa alcinous (Klug 1836) (5)
- Graphium chironides (Honrath, 1884) (10)
- Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lamproptera paracurius Hu, Zhang & Cotton (6)
- Papilio blumei
- Papilio caiguanabus
- Papilio dardanus
- Papilio demoleus
- Papilio eurymedon
- Papilio homerus
- Papilio hospiton
- Papilio machaon
- Papilio sjoestedti
- Papilio syfanius (Oberthür 1890) (2)
- Papilio polytes (Cramer, 1775) (8)
- Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758) (3)
- Parides lysander mattogrossensis (Talbot, 1928)
- Parides neophilus (Geyer, 1837)
- Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Parnassius cephalus (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) (11)
- Parnassius imperator (Oberthür, 1883) (9)
- Parnassius mnemosyne
- Parnassius nomion (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823) (7)
- Parnassius phoebus
- Pazala timur (Ney,1911) (4)
- Peacock Heraclides(Boisduval, 1836)
- Pterourus appalachiensis Pavulaan & D. Wright, 2002
- Pterourus canadensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
- Pterourus glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Zerynthia polixena
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(1) A new Heraclides swallowtail (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from North America is recognized by the pattern on its neck. - Shiraiwa K, Cong Q, Grishin NV. - Zookeys. 2014 Dec 23;(468):85-135. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.468.8565. eCollection 2014.
(2) Complete mitochondrial genome of Papilio syfanius (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). - Dong Y, Zhu LX, Ding MJ, Wang JJ, Luo LG, Liu Y, Ou YY. - Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016;27(1):403-4. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.898278. Epub 2014 Mar 12.
(3) The complete mitochondrial genome of Parage aegeria (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). - Teixeira da Costa LF. - Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016;27(1):551-2. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.905853. Epub 2014 Apr 8.
(4) The complete mitochondrial genome of the Pazala timur (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Papilioninae). - Chen Y, Gan S, Shao L, Cheng C, Hao J. - Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016;27(1):533-4. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.905843. Epub 2014 Apr 14
(5) The complete mitochondrial genome of the Byasa alcinous (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Papilioninae). - Chen Y, Gan S, Wang Y, Wang Y, Zuo N, Hao J. - Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016;27(2):850-1. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.919472. Epub 2014 May 27.
(6) Discovery of a third species of Lamproptera Gray, 1832 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). - Hu SJ, Zhang X, Cotton AM, Ye H. - Zootaxa. 2014 Apr 11;3786:469-82. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.4.5.
(7) Characterization of the mitochondrial genome of the threatened alpine butterfly, Parnassius nomion (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). - Dong WW, Jiang GF.
Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016;27(2):1107-8. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.933322. Epub 2014 Jul 3.
(8) The complete mitochondrial genome of Papilio polytes (Lepidoptera Papilionidae). - Yang XW, Hou LX, Zhang Y, Liu YJ, Qin XM. - Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016;27(2):1537-8. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.953127. Epub 2014 Sep 4.
(9) The complete mitochondrial genome of Parnassius imperator (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Parnassiinae). - Wang Y, Chen Y, Xia C, Xia X, Chen X, Hao J. - Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 May;27(3):1900-1. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.971277. Epub 2014 Oct 20.
(10) The complete mitochondrial genome of Graphium chironides (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Papilioninae). - Chen X, Hao J. - Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 Nov;27(6):4049-4051. Epub 2015 Jan 20.
(11) The complete mitochondrial genome of Parnassius cephalus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Parnassinae). - Xia C, Wang Y, Hao J. - Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 Nov;27(6):4031-4032. Epub 2015 Jan 20.
