This is a list of the butterflies of China belonging to the family Papilionidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China. 371 species or subspecies of Papilionidae are recorded from China.
genus:
Atrophaneura
Atrophaneura latreillei (Donovan, 1826)
A. l. genestieri (Oberthür, 1918) Yunnan
Atrophaneura polyeuctes (Doubleday, 1842)
A. p. lama (Oberthür, 1876) West China
Atrophaneura dasarada (Moore, 1857)
A. d. ouvrardi Oberthür, 1920 Tibet, Yunnan
A. d. melanura (Rothschild, 1905) Hainan
Atrophaneura nevilli (Wood-Mason, 1882) West China
Atrophaneura alcinous (Klug, 1836)
A. a. mansonensis (Fruhstorfer, 1901) South China
Atrophaneura daemonius (Alphéraky, 1895) West China, Tibet
A. d. yunnana (Oberthür, 1907) Yunnan
Atrophaneura plutonius (Oberthür, 1876) West China
Atrophaneura mencius (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Central China, Southeast China
Atrophaneura rhadinus (Jordan, 1928) Yunnan
Atrophaneura zaleucus (Hewitson, 1865) Yunnan
Atrophaneura aidoneus (Doubleday, 1845) Yunnan
Atrophaneura coon (Fabricius, 1793)
A. c. insperatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) Hainan
genus:
Bhutanitis
Bhutanitis lidderdalii Atkinson, 1873
B. l. spinosa Bauer & Frankenbach, 1998 Northwest Yunnan, Southwest China
Bhutanitis thaidina (Blanchard, 1871)
B. t. thaidina (Blanchard, 1871) China, Tibet
B. t. dongchuanensis Lee
Bhutanitis yulongensis Chou
Bhutanitis nigrilima Chou
Bhutanitis mansfieldi (Riley, 1939)
B. m. pulchristriata Saigusa & Lee, 1982 Szechwan
genus:
Graphium
Graphium cloanthus (Westwood, 1841)
G. c. clymenus (Leech, 1893) South China West China
Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
G. s. sarpedon(Linnaeus, 1758) China, Hainan, Yunnan
Graphium eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758)
G. e. cheronus (Jordan, 1909) South China, Yunnan, Hainan
Graphium chironides (Honrath, 1884)
G. c. chironides (Honrath, 1884) Yunnan
Graphium doson (C. & R. Felder, 1864)
G. d. axion (C. & R. Felder, 1864) China, Hainan
Graphium bathycles (Zinken, 1831)
Graphium leechi (Rothschild, 1895)
Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758)
G. a. agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) Yunnan
Graphium antiphates (Cramer, [1775])
G. a. antiphates (Cramer, [1775]) Southeast China
G. a. pompilius (Fabricius, 1787) Hainan, Yunnan
Graphium nomius (Esper, 1799)
G. n. hainana (Chou, 1994) Hainan
Graphium agetes (Westwood, 1843)
G. a. chinensis (Chou & Li, 1994) Yunnan
Graphium xenocles (Doubleday, 1842)
G. x. xenoclides (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Hainan
Graphium eurous (Leech, [1893])
G. e. panopaea (de Nicéville, 1900) West China
Graphium mandarinus (Oberthür, 1879)
Graphium alebion (Gray, [1853])
Graphium tamerlana (Oberthür, 1876)
G. t. taliensis (O. Bang-Haas, 1927)
Graphium hoenei (Mell, 1935) Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Sichuan
Graphium glycerion (Gray, 1831)
genus:
Luehdorfia
Luehdorfia chinensis Leech, 1893
Luehdorfia japonica Leech, 1889
Luehdorfia puziloi (Erschoff, 1872)
L. p. lenzeni Bryk, 1938 China
L. p. lingjangensis Lee, 1982 China
genus:
Papilio
Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
P. m. sikkimensis Moore, 1884 Tibet
P. m. centralis Staudinger, 1886 Tian-Shan
P. m. montanus Alphéraky, 1897 Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Yunnan
P. m. verityi Fruhstorfer, 1907 Yunnan
P. m. orientis Verity, 1911 Amur
P. m. oreinus Sheljuzhko, 1919 Tian-Shan
P. m. taliensis Eller, 1939 Yunnan
P. m. kiyonobu Morita, 1997 Tibet
P. m. baijianensis Huang & Murayama, 1992 Tian-Shan
Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800
P. a. voldemar Kreuzberg, 1989 Tian-Shan
Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 Yunnan
Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758
P. p. polytes China
P. p. mandane Rothschild, 1895 West China
P. p. liujidongi Huang, 2003 Yunnan
Papilio castor Westwood, 1842
P. c. hamela Crowley, 1900 Hainan
Papilio mahadeva Moore, [1879]
P. m. choui Li, 1994 Guangxi
Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758
P. h. helenus Linnaeus, 1758 China
Papilio nephelus Boisduval, 1836
P. n. chaon Westwood, 1845 Yunnan
P. n. chaonulus Fruhstorfer, 1902 South China, Hainan
Papilio memnon Linnaeus, 1758
P. m. agenor Linnaeus, 1768 Yunnan
Papilio protenor Cramer, [1775]
P. p. euprotenor Fruhstorfer, 1908 South China
Papilio alcmenor C. & R. Felder, [1864]
P. a. irene Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Hainan
Papilio macilentus Janson, 1877 East China
Papilio bootes Westwood, 1842
P. b. nigricans Rothschild, 1895 West China
P. b. dealbatus Rothschild, 1895 West China
P. b. parcesquamata Rosen, 1929 Yunnan
Papilio elwesi Leech, 1889
Papilio agestor Gray, 1831
P. a. restricta Leech, 1893 South China
P. a. kuangtungensis Mell, 1935 Guangxi, Guandong, Fujian, Zhejiang
Papilio epycides Hewitson, 1864
P. e. horatius Blanchard, 1871 Sichuan
P. e. hypochra Jordan, 1909 South Yunnan
P. e. yamabuki (Yoshino, 2008) North Yunnan
Papilio slateri Hewitson, 1859
P. s. hainanensis (Chou, 1994) Hainan
Papilio clytia Linnaeus, 1758
P. c. panope Linnaeus, 1758 Hainan
Papilio paradoxa (Zinken, 1831)
P. p. telearchus (Hewitson, 1852) Yunnan
Papilio paris Linnaeus, 1758
P. p. paris Linnaeus, 1758 Southwest China
Papilio bianor Cramer, 1777
P. b. bianor Cramer, 1777 South China
P. b. ganesa Doubleday, 1842 Yunnan
Papilio maackii Menetries, 1859
P. m. han (Yoshino, 1997) Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan
Papilio dialis Leech, 1893 West China
Papilio krishna Moore, 1857
P. k. charlesi Fruhstorfer, 1902 West China
Papilio arcturus Westwood, 1842 West China
P. a. arcturulus Fruhstorfer, 1902 Szechuan
Papilio polyctor Boisduval, 1836
P. p. xiei Chou, 1994 Yunnan
Papilio syfanius Oberthür, 1886
P. s. syfanius North Yunnan
P. s. albosyfanius Shimogori & Fujioka, 1997 North Yunnan
P. s. kongaensis (Yoshino, 1997) Sichuan
genus:
Parnassius
For a fuller list of subspecies in this genus see
genus:
Sericinus
Sericinus montela Gray, 1852
genus:
Teinopalpus
Teinopalpus aureus Mell, 1923
T. a. wuyiensis Lee, 1992
T. a. guangxiensis Chou & Zhou, 1994 Guangxi, Mt. Dayaoshan
T. a. hainanensis Lee Hainan
Teinopalpus imperialis Hope, 1843
T. i. imperialis Hope, 1843
T. i. behludinii Pen, 1936 Sichuan