Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Higher classification Swallowtail butterfly | Phylum Arthropoda Scientific name Papilioninae Rank Subfamily | |
 | ||
Wingspan Papilio machaon: 6.5 – 8.6 cm Lower classifications Papilio, Papilio machaon, Graphium, Scarce swallowtail, Eastern tiger swallowtail | ||
Papilioninae is a subfamily of the butterfly family Papilionidae. Papilioninae are found worldwide, but most species are distributed in the tropics. There are roughly 480 species, of which 27 occur in North America.
References
Papilioninae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA