Listed alphabetically within groups.
subgenus:
Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 :
species group:
machaon '' interacts with a
anise swallowtail caterpillar which uses its
osmeterium in defense. Most scenes are repeated in closeup at one-fourth speed. ::*
Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800 – southern swallowtail ::*
Papilio brevicauda Saunders, 1869 – short-tailed swallowtail ::*
Papilio hospiton Géné, 1839 – Corsican swallowtail ::*
Papilio indra Reakirt, 1866 – Indra swallowtail, short-tailed black swallowtail, or cliff swallowtail ::*
Papilio joanae J. Heitzman, 1973 – Ozark swallowtail ::*
Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 – Old World swallowtail, common yellow swallowtail, or artemisia swallowtail ::*
Papilio polyxenes Fabricius, 1775 – black swallowtail, eastern black swallowtail, American swallowtail, or parsnip swallowtail ::*
Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879 – Sahara swallowtail ::*
Papilio zelicaon Lucas, 1852 – anise swallowtail or western swallowtail
subgenus:
Princeps Hübner, [1807] :
species group:
antimachus ::*
Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782 – Antimachus swallowtail or giant African swallowtail :
species group:
zalmoxis ::*
Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864 – giant blue swallowtail :
species group:
nireus ''), Kenya ''), Uganda ::*
Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897 ::*
Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843 – tailed green-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904 – broad green-banded swallowtail or Chrapkowski's green-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952 – broadly green-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio desmondi van Someren, 1939 – Desmond's green-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879 – Horniman's green-banded swallowtail or Horniman's swallowtail ::*
Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995 – Van Someren's green-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758 – green-banded swallowtail, narrow-banded green swallowtail, or African blue-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – medium green-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio thuraui Karsch, 1900 ::*
Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961 ::*
Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926 :
species group:
cynorta ::*
Papilio arnoldiana Vane-Wright, 1995 ::*
Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793 – mimetic swallowtail ::*
Papilio plagiatus Aurivillius, 1898 – mountain mimetic swallowtail :
species group:
dardanus ''), Ethiopia ''), Kenya ::*
Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871 – Constantine's swallowtail ::*
Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776 – mocker swallowtail, flying handkerchief, or African swallowtail ::*
Papilio delalandei Godart, [1824] ::*
Papilio phorcas Cramer, [1775] – apple-green swallowtail or green banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio rex Oberthür, 1886 – regal swallowtail :
species group:
zenobia ::*
Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868 – common white-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio fernandus Fruhstorfer, 1903 ::*
Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904 ::*
Papilio gallienus Distant, 1879 – narrow-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio mechowi Dewitz, 1881 ::*
Papilio mechowianus Dewitz, 1885 ::*
Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904 – Volta swallowtail ::*
Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775 – Zenobia swallowtail :
species group:
demodocus ''), South Africa ''), India ::*
Papilio demodocus Esper, 1799 – citrus swallowtail, citrus butterfly, orange dog, or Christmas butterfly ::*
Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 – (common) lime swallowtail or lime butterfly ::*
Papilio erithonioides Grose-Smith, 1891 ::*
Papilio grosesmithi Rothschild, 1926 ::*
Papilio morondavana Grose-Smith, 1891 – Madagascan emperor :
species group:
echerioides ::*
Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868 – white-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio fuelleborni Karsch, 1900 ::*
Papilio jacksoni Sharpe, 1891 – Jackson's swallowtail ::*
Papilio sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908 – Kilimanjaro swallowtail :
species group:
oribazus ''), Madagascar ::*
Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833 ::*
Papilio nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891 – noble swallowtail ::*
Papilio oribazus Boisduval, 1836 :
species group:
hesperus ::*
Papilio euphranor Trimen, 1868 – forest swallowtail or bush kite ::*
Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843 – emperor swallowtail ::*
Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874 ::*
Papilio pelodurus Butler, 1896 :
species group:
menestheus ''), Ghana ::*
Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874 – central emperor swallowtail ::*
Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773 – western emperor swallowtail ::*
Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878 – emperor swallowtail :
species group:
incertae sedis '', Madagascar ::*
Papilio andronicus Ward, 1871 ::*
Papilio chitondensis Bivar de Sousa & Fernandes, 1966 ::*
Papilio leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908 – cream-banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio luzviae Schröder & Treadaway, 1991 ::*
Papilio mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891 – MacKinnon's swallowtail ::*
Papilio mangoura Hewitson, 1875 – Mangoura swallowtail ::*
Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798 ::*
Papilio microps Storace, 1951 ::*
Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904 ::*
Papilio phorbanta Linnaeus, 1771 – small Réunion swallowtail :
species group:
noblei ::*
Papilio antonio Hewitson, [1875] ::*
Papilio noblei de Nicéville, [1889] :
species group:
demolion ::*
Papilio demolion Cramer, [1776] – banded swallowtail ::*
Papilio euchenor Guérin-Méneville, 1829 ::*
Papilio gigon C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864 ::*
Papilio liomedon Moore, [1875] – Malabar banded swallowtail :
species group:
anactus ::*
Papilio anactus MacLeay, [1826] – dingy swallowtail ::*
Papilio natewa – Natewa swallowtail :
species group:
aegeus ::*
Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805 – orchard swallowtail ::*
Papilio bridgei Mathew, 1886 ::*
Papilio erskinei Mathew, 1886 ::*
Papilio gambrisius Cramer, [1777] ::*
Papilio inopinatus Butler, 1883 ::*
Papilio ptolychus Godman & Salvin, 1888 ::*
Papilio tydeus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860 ::*
Papilio weymeri Niepelt, 1914 ::*
Papilio woodfordi Godman & Salvin, 1888 – Woodford's swallowtail :
species group:
godeffroyi ::*
Papilio amynthor Boisduval, 1859 – Norfolk swallowtail ::*
Papilio godeffroyi Semper, 1866 – Godeffroy's swallowtail ::*
Papilio schmeltzi Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 :
species group:
polytes ''), India ::*
Papilio ambrax Boisduval, 1832 – Ambrax butterfly ::*
Papilio phestus Guérin-Méneville, 1830 ::*
Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758 – common Mormon :
species group:
castor ::*
Papilio castor Westwood, 1842 – common raven ::*
Papilio dravidarum Wood-Mason, 1880 – Malabar raven ::*
Papilio mahadeva Moore, [1879] – Burmese raven :
species group:
fuscus ::*
Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865 ::*
Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883 ::*
Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779 – Canopus butterfly ::*
Papilio hipponous C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 ::*
Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906 – Jordan's swallowtail ::*
Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887] ::*
Papilio prexaspes C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 – Andaman Helen ::*
Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864 :
species group:
helenus ::*
Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758 – red Helen ::*
Papilio iswara White, 1842 – great Helen ::*
Papilio iswaroides Fruhstorfer, 1898 ::*
Papilio nephelus Boisduval, 1836 – yellow Helen ::*
Papilio nubilus Staudinger, 1895 ::*
Papilio sataspes C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 :
species group:
memnon '', India ::*
Papilio acheron Grose-Smith, 1887 – Acheron swallowtail ::*
Papilio ascalaphus Boisduval, 1836 – Ascalaphus swallowtail ::*
Papilio deiphobus Linnaeus, 1758 ::*
Papilio forbesi Grose-Smith, 1883 ::*
Papilio lampsacus Boisduval, 1836 ::*
Papilio lowii H. Druce, 1873 – Asian swallowtail or great yellow Mormon ::*
Papilio mayo Atkinson, 1873 – Andaman Mormon ::*
Papilio memnon Linnaeus, 1758 – great Mormon ::*
Papilio oenomaus Godart, 1819 ::*
Papilio polymnestor Cramer, [1775] – blue Mormon ::*
Papilio rumanzovia Eschscholtz, 1821 – scarlet Mormon or red Mormon :
species group:
protenor ::*
Papilio alcmenor C. Felder & R. Felder, [1864] – redbreast ::*
Papilio macilentus Janson, 1877 ::*
Papilio protenor – spangle ::*
Papilio taiwanus Rothschild, 1898 – Formosan swallowtail :
species group:
bootes ::*
Papilio bootes Westwood, 1842 – tailed redbreast ::*
Papilio elwesi Leech, 1889 ::*
Papilio maraho Shiraki & Sonan, 1934
subgenus:
Chilasa Moore, [1881] :
species group:
agestor ::*
Papilio agestor Gray, 1831 – tawny mime ::*
Papilio epycides Hewitson, [1864] – lesser mime ::*
Papilio slateri Hewitson, 1853 – blue-striped mime :
species group:
clytia ::*
Papilio clytia Linnaeus, 1758 – common mime ::*
Papilio paradoxa (Zincken, 1831) – great mime :
species group:
veiovis ::*
Papilio veiovis Hewitson, [1865] :
species group:
laglaizei ::*
Papilio laglaizei Depuiset, 1877 ::*
Papilio moerneri Aurivillius, 1919 ::*
Papilio toboroi Ribbe, 1907 :
species group: unnamed ::*
Papilio carolinensis Jumalon, 1967 ::*
Papilio osmana Jumalon, 1967
subgenus:
Achillides Hübner, [1819] :
species group:
paris ::*
Papilio arcturus Westwood, 1842 – blue peacock ::*
Papilio bianor Cramer, [1777] – Chinese peacock ::*
Papilio blumei Boisduval, 1836 – green peacock ::*
Papilio chikae Igarashi, 1965 – Luzon peacock swallowtail ::*
Papilio dialis Leech, 1893 – southern Chinese peacock ::*
Papilio doddsi Janet, 1896 ::*
Papilio elephenor Doubleday, 1845 – yellow-crested spangle ::*
Papilio hoppo Matsumura, 1908 ::*
Papilio karna C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864 ::*
Papilio krishna Moore, 1857 – Krishna peacock ::*
Papilio longimacula Z.G. Wang & Y. Niu, 2002 ::*
Papilio maackii Ménétriés, 1859 – alpine black swallowtail ::*
Papilio paris Linnaeus, 1758 – Paris peacock ::*
Papilio polyctor Boisduval, 1836 – common peacock '') ''), India :
species group:
palinurus ::*
Papilio blumei Boisduval, 1836 – peacock or green swallowtail ::*
Papilio buddha Westwood, 1872 – Malabar banded peacock ::*
Papilio crino Fabricius, 1793 – common banded peacock ::*
Papilio palinurus Fabricius, 1787 – emerald swallowtail :
species group: unnamed ::*
Papilio lorquinianus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 ::*
Papilio neumoegeni Honrath, 1890 ::*
Papilio peranthus Fabricius, 1787 ::*
Papilio pericles Wallace, 1865 :
species group:
ulysses ::*
Papilio montrouzieri Boisduval, 1859 ::*
Papilio syfanius Oberthür, 1886 ::*
Papilio ulysses Linnaeus, 1758 – Ulysses, mountain blue, blue emperor, or blue mountain swallowtail
subgenus:
Heraclides Hübner, [1819] :
species group:
anchisiades ''), Jamaica ::*
Papilio anchisiades Esper, 1788 – ruby-spotted swallowtail or red-spotted swallowtail ::*
Papilio chiansiades Westwood, 1872 ::*
Papilio epenetus Hewitson, 1861 ::*
Papilio erostratus Westwood, 1847 – Erostratus swallowtail ::*
Papilio hyppason Cramer, 1775 ::*
Papilio isidorus Doubleday, 1846 ::*
Papilio oxynius (Geyer, [1827]) ::*
Papilio pelaus Fabricius, 1775 ::*
Papilio rogeri Boisduval, 1836 :
species group:
thoas ''), Jamaica ::*
Papilio andraemon (Hübner, [1823]) – Bahaman swallowtail ::*
Papilio androgeus Cramer, [1775] – Androgeus swallowtail, queen page, or queen swallowtail ::*
Papilio aristodemus Esper, 1794 – Schaus' swallowtail or island swallowtail ::*
Papilio aristor Godart, 1819 – scarce Haitian swallowtail ::*
Papilio astyalus Godart, 1819 – broad-banded swallowtail or Astyalus swallowtail ::*
Papilio caiguanabus Poey, [1852] – Poey's black swallowtail ::*
Papilio cresphontes Cramer, [1777] – eastern giant swallowtail ::*
Papilio homothoas Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 ::*
Papilio machaonides Esper, 1796 ::*
Papilio melonius Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 ::*
Papilio ornythion Boisduval, 1836 – Ornythion swallowtail ::*
Papilio paeon Boisduval, 1836 ::*
Papilio rumiko (Shiraiwa & Grishin, 2014) ::*
Papilio thersites Fabricius, 1775 – Thersites swallowtail or false Androgeus swallowtail ::*
Papilio thoas Linnaeus, 1771 – Thoas swallowtail or king swallowtail :
species group:
torquatus ::*
Papilio garleppi Staudinger, 1892 – Garlepp's swallowtail ::*
Papilio hectorides Esper, 1794 ::*
Papilio himeros Hopffer, 1865 – Himeros swallowtail ::*
Papilio lamarchei Staudinger, 1892 ::*
Papilio torquatus Cramer, 1777 – Torquatus swallowtail :
species group: unnamed ::*
Papilio okinawensis Fruhstorfer, 1898
subgenus:
Pterourus Scopoli, 1777 :
species group:
troilus '') ::*
Papilio palamedes Drury, [1773] – Palamedes swallowtail or laurel swallowtail ::*
Papilio troilus Linnaeus, 1758 – spicebush swallowtail :
species group:
glaucus ''), Canada ''), Mexico ::*
Papilio alexiares Höpffer, 1866 – Mexican tiger swallowtail ::*
Papilio appalachiensis (Pavulaan & Wright, 2002) – Appalachian tiger swallowtail ::*
Papilio bjorkae Pavulaan, 2024 – New England tiger swallowtail ::*
Papilio canadensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 – Canadian tiger swallowtail ::*
Papilio esperanza Beutelspacher, 1975 – Esperanza swallowtail ::*
Papilio eurymedon Lucas, 1852 – pale swallowtail or pallid tiger swallowtail ::*
Papilio glaucus Linnaeus, 1758 – eastern tiger swallowtail ::*
Papilio multicaudata Kirby, 1884 – two-tailed swallowtail ::*
Papilio pilumnus Boisduval, 1836 – three-tailed tiger swallowtail ::*
Papilio rutulus Lucas, 1852 – western tiger swallowtail ::*
Papilio solstitius DeRoller, Wang, Dupuis & Schmidt, 2025 – midsummer tiger swallowtail :
species group:
zagreus ::*
Papilio bachus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 ::*
Papilio neyi Niepelt, 1909 ::*
Papilio zagreus Doubleday, 1847 :
species group:
scamander ::*
Papilio birchallii Hewitson, 1863 ::*
Papilio hellanichus Hewitson, 1868 ::*
Papilio scamander Boisduval, 1836 ::*
Papilio xanthopleura Godman & Salvin, 1868 :
species group:
homerus ::*
Papilio cacicus Lucas, 1852 ::*
Papilio euterpinus Salvin & Godman, 1868 ::*
Papilio garamas (Geyer, [1829]) ::*
Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793 – Homerus swallowtail ::*
Papilio judicael Oberthür, 1888 (tentatively placed here, may be hybrid) ::*
Papilio menatius (Hübner, [1819]) ::*
Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1865
subgenus:
Sinoprinceps Hancock, 1983 ::*
Papilio benguetanus Joicey & Talbot, 1923 :
species group:
xuthus Hancock, 1983 ::*
Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 – Asian, Xuthus, or Chinese yellow swallowtail
Former species Many species originally described in the genus
Papilio have now been reclassified. For a list of selected former species see
List of former species in the genus Papilio. ==References==