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List of butterflies of Europe (Papilionidae)

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List of butterflies of Europe (Papilionidae)

This is a list of the butterflies of family Papilionidae, or the 'swallowtails', which are found in Europe. This family of large and beautiful butterflies is poorly represented with only 12 species found within European borders, out of a total of 552 species of swallowtails found throughout the world.

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Subfamily Parnassinae

  • Southern festoon Zerynthia polyxena
  • Spanish festoon Zerynthia rumina
  • Eastern festoon Allancastria cerisyi
  • False Apollo Archon apollinus
  • Apollo Parnassius apollo
  • Small Apollo Parnassius phoebus
  • Clouded Apollo Parnassius mnemosyne

    • Subfamily Papilioninae

  • Swallowtail Papilio machaon
  • Desert swallowtail Papilio saharae
  • Corsican swallowtail Papilio hospiton
  • Southern swallowtail Papilio alexanor
  • Scarce swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius

    • References

    List of butterflies of Europe (Papilionidae) Wikipedia
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