ENY 3005 Family Identification
Lepidoptera: Papilionidae
Pronunciation: pah-pill-li-ON-ni-dee
Common name: swallowtails
Identifying characteristics for the family Papilionidae include:
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Most species have a taillike projection from the hind wing.
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Additional information:
References:
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Pages 222-223 in D. J. Borror and R. E. White. 1970. A Field Guide to the
Insects. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Pages 279-281 in R. G. Bland and H. E. Jaques. 1978. How to Know the Insects,
3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 409 p.
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Page 43 and plates 5, 14-16 in P. A. Opler. 1992. A Field Guide to Eastern
Butterflies. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 396 p.
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Page 638 in D. J. Borror, C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1989. An
Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College
Publishing. 875 p.
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E. J. Gerberg and R. H. Arnett, Jr. 1989. Florida Butterflies [and Skippers].
Baltimore: Natural Science Publications. 90 p.
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Page 552 in H. V. Daly, J. T. Doyen, and A. H. Purcell III. 1998. Introduction
to Insect Biology and Diversity, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 680 p.
Links to other web sites
Links to other Lepidoptera taxa:
Papilionidae,
Pieridae, Lycaenidae,
Nymphalidae, Danaidae,
Satyridae, Hesperiidae,
Sphingidae, Saturniidae,
Geometridae, Arctiidae,
Noctuidae, Sesiidae.
Return to ENY 3005 Index to Orders
Prepared by John L. Foltz,
University of Florida, Dept of Entomology & Nematology, 20 October
1998.
Modified 12 June 2001.