Record Details

Scientific Name:
Papilioninae

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom:
Animalia
Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Swallowtails [English]

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing:
valid

Data Quality Indicators

Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness:
partial
Currency Rating:
2009

Taxonomic Hierarchy

- up to the kingdom

Kingdom
Animalia
Subkingdom
Bilateria
Infrakingdom
Protostomia
Superphylum
Ecdysozoa
Phylum
Arthropoda
Subphylum
Hexapoda
Class
Insecta
Subclass
Pterygota
Infraclass
Neoptera
Superorder
Holometabola
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Papilionoidea
Family
Papilionidae

- down one level

Tribe
Graphiini
Tribe
Papilionini
Tribe
Troidini
Tribe
Leptocircini

References

Expert(s):
Other Sources:
website: Checklist of North American Butterflies, 2nd Edition; Produced by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Names Committee, and available online (with corrections) at http://www.naba.org/pubs/checklst.html (web page may not be identical to the printed edition)
database: Check List of the Lepidoptera of North America... MS; Ongoing developmental version with contributions by Don Lafontaine, Jean-François Landry, Jim Troubridge, Paul Opler, Ron Hodges, John Brown, et al. Higher classification does not yet reflect recent and substantial changes that have been published
References:
Pelham, Jonathan P. 2008-03-15. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40. . . xiv + 658. . As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead.

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