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Leptocircini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Papilioninae

Rank
  
Tribe

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Papilionidae

Higher classification
  
Papilioninae

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Lower classifications
  
Graphium, Graphium sarpedon, Eurytides, Graphium agamemnon, Scarce swallowtail

Leptocircini (formerly named Graphiini) is a tribe of swallowtail butterflies that includes the genera Eurytides (kite swallowtails), Graphium (swordtails), and Lamproptera (dragontails).

The tribe consists of roughly 140 species in nine genera worldwide and one native North American species, Protographium marcellus.

References

Leptocircini Wikipedia