Leptocircini

Leptocircini
Macleay's swallowtail ( Graphium macleayanus )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae
Tribe:	Leptocircini Kirby, 1896
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Graphiini

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

• 
  Eurytides marcellus
• 
  Graphium agamemnon
• 
  Iphiclides podalirius
• 
  Lamproptera curius
• 
  Meandrusa payeni
• 
  Mimoides xeniades
• 
  Protesilaus stenodesmus
• 
  Protographium leosthenes
• 
  Teinopalpus imperialis

References

• Scott, J. A. (1992). Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. ISBN   0-8047-2013-4
• 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. ISBN   0-945417-90-X
• Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Protographium
• Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Lamproptera