The genera of extant swallowtails are usually classified into three subfamilies, Baroniinae, Parnassiinae, and Papilioninae, the latter two being further divided into tribes. In swallowtails, besides morphologi… See more

A phylogeny of the Papilionidae based on Nazari (2007) is given:
It is now accepted that the subfamily Papilioninae is monophyletic. The swallowtail butterflies in the nominate tribe Papilionini … See more

As of 2005, 552 extant species have been identified which are distributed across the tropical and temperate regions. Various species inhabit altitudes ranging from sea level to high mountains, as in the case of most speci… See more

The caterpillars of various swallowtail butterfly species feed on a wide range of different plants, most depending on only one of five families: Aristolochiaceae, Annonaceae, Lauraceae, Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) … See more

The detailed descriptions of morphological characteristics of the Papilionidae, as quoted in Bingham (1905) are as follows:
Egg. "Dome-shaped, smooth or obscurely facetted, not as high as wide, somewhat leathery, o… See more