List of butterflies of Europe (Papilionidae)

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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 14 species found within European borders, [1] out of a total of 552 species of swallowtails found throughout the world. [2] It is a part of List of the butterflies of Europe.

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Checklist

Subfamily Parnassinae

Subfamily Papilioninae

See also

References

  1. Coombs, Simon (30 September 2010). "European Butterfly checklist". butterfly-guide.co.uk/. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  2. Häuser, Christoph L.; de Jong, Rienk; Lamas, Gerardo; Robbins, Robert K.; Smith, Campbell; Vane-Wright, Richard I. (28 July 2005). "Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft)" . Retrieved 8 November 2010.