Leptocircini is a tribe of swallowtail butterflies that includes the genera Eurytides (kite swallowtails), Graphium (swordtails), and Lamproptera (dragontails).
Taxonomy
The tribe consists of roughly 140 species in nine genera worldwide and one native North American species, Eurytides marcellus.
Genera
This tribe consists of the following genera:
- Eurytides
- Graphium
- Iphiclides
- Lamproptera
- Meandrusa
- Mimoides
- Protesilaus
- Protographium
- Teinopalpus
Examples of butterflies from each genera
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File:Zebra Swallowtail 2007.jpeg|Eurytides marcellus
File:Tailed Green Jay.tif|Graphium agamemnon
File:Erik kırlangıçkuyruk - Iphiclides podalirius.jpg|Iphiclides podalirius
File:LampropteraCuriusTreefong05.jpg|Lamproptera curius
File:Close wing puddling position of Meandrusa payeni Boisduval,1836 – Yellow Gorgon - WLB - DSC0113.jpg|Meandrusa payeni
File:Mimoides xeniades xeniades (Papilionidae- Papilioninae- Leptocircini) — male (29637897462).jpg|Mimoides xeniades
File:PICT0039 Brazil Parana Protésilaus Stenodesmus Male Iguassu Falls (17110860845).jpg|Protesilaus stenodesmus
File:Fourbarredswordtail.jpg|Protographium leosthenes
File:Kaiser-i-Hind.2.jpg|Teinopalpus imperialis
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References
- Scott, J. A. (1992). Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
- Tyler, H. A., Brown, K. S., Jr., & Wilson, K. H. (1994). Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas: A Study in Biological Dynamics, Ecological Diversity, Biosystematics, and Conservation. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers.
- Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Protographium
- Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Lamproptera