genus
Papilio
Papilio is a genus in the family Papilionidae. This database currently files 326 species under it, recorded across 2 countries.
- Species filed
- 326
- Threatened
- 0
- Countries recorded
- 2
- With a free photo
- 0%
- Weight range
- Not recorded
Best-known members of Papilio
Ranked by popularity score.
Swallowtail
Papilio machaon
Lemon butterfly
Papilio demoleus
Alexanor swallowtail
Papilio alexanor
Orange dog
Papilio demodocus
Common Mormon swallowtail
Papilio polytes
Corsican swallowtail
Papilio hospiton
Xuthus swallowtail
Papilio xuthus
Paris peacock swallowtail
Papilio paris
Where is Papilio found?
Species on file in this genus listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.
- None on record
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4+
The 200 best-known species in Papilio
Of 326 on file.
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swallowtail | Papilio machaon | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lemon butterfly | Papilio demoleus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Alexanor swallowtail | Papilio alexanor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Orange dog | Papilio demodocus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Common Mormon swallowtail | Papilio polytes | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Corsican swallowtail | Papilio hospiton | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Xuthus swallowtail | Papilio xuthus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Paris peacock swallowtail | Papilio paris | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mountain swallowtail | Papilio ulysses | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Red Helen swallowtail | Papilio helenus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Homerus swallowtail | Papilio homerus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Christmas swallowtail | Papilio memnon | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Emerald swallowtail | Papilio palinurus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Parsleyworm | Papilio polyxenes | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Giant Papilio | Papilio antimachus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Chinese peacock swallowtail | Papilio bianor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Tiger swallowtail | Papilio glaucus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Alpine black swallowtail | Papilio maackii | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Blue Mormon | Papilio polymnestor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Spangle swallowtail | Papilio protenor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Anise swallowtail | Papilio zelicaon | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Orange dog | Papilio cresphontes | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Western tiger swallowtail | Papilio rutulus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| King swallowtail | Papilio thoas | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Malabar banded peacock swallowtail | Papilio buddha | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Luzon peacock swallowtail | Papilio chikae | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Orchard butterfly | Papilio aegeus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Redbreast swallowtail | Papilio alcmenor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Green swallowtail | Papilio blumei | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Common raven butterfly | Papilio castor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Krishna peacock | Papilio krishna | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Spicebush swallowtail | Papilio troilus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Tawny mime swallowtail | Papilio agestor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Common banded peacock swallowtail | Papilio crino | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pale swallowtail | Papilio eurymedon | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Two-tailed swallowtail | Papilio multicaudata | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Yellow Helen | Papilio nephelus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Papillon La Pature | Papilio phorbanta | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Idaes swallowtail | Papilio anchisiades | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Blue peacock swallowtail | Papilio arcturus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Canadian tiger swallowtail | Papilio canadensis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sea green swallowtail | Papilio lorquinianus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Long-tail spangle swallowtail | Papilio macilentus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Madagascan emperor swallowtail | Papilio morondavana | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Green-banded swallowtail | Papilio nireus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Swift peacock swallowtail | Papilio peranthus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Glosswing swallowtail | Papilio pericles | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Saharan swallowtail | Papilio saharae | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sage Enchanter | Papilio zalmoxis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Queen swallowtail | Papilio androgeus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mocker swallowtail | Papilio dardanus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Malabar raven butterfly | Papilio dravidarum | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Swallowtail | Papilio esperanza | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cliff swallowtail | Papilio indra | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Jordan's Mormon | Papilio jordani | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cream-banded swallowtail | Papilio leucotaenia | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Laurel swallowtail | Papilio palamedes | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Astyalus swallowtail | Papilio astyalus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Short-tailed swallowtail | Papilio brevicauda | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Dusty Handkerchief | Papilio constantinus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Stubby gazer | Papilio grosesmithi | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Malabar banded swallowtail | Papilio liomedon | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Montrouzier's swallowtail | Papilio montrouzieri | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Noble's Helen | Papilio noblei | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Island swallowtail | Papilio aristodemus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Scarce Haitian swallowtail | Papilio aristor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Ascalaphus swallowtail | Papilio ascalaphus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Poey's black swallowtail | Papilio caiguanabus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Southern Chinese peacock | Papilio dialis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Teardrop swallowtail | Papilio epiphorbas | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Canopus swallowtail | Papilio fuscus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Celebes banded swallowtail | Papilio gigon | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Samoan swallowtail | Papilio godeffroyi | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Apple-green swallowtail | Papilio phorcas | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Three-tailed swallowtail | Papilio pilumnus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Scamander swallowtail | Papilio scamander | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Formosan swallowtail | Papilio thaiwanus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bornean Mormon | Papilio acheron | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ambrax swallowtail | Papilio ambrax | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Orange butterfly | Papilio anactus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Tailed redbreast | Papilio bootes | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Tailed green-banded swallowtail | Papilio charopus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mimetic swallowtail | Papilio cynorta | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Beige sash | Papilio cyproeofila | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Banded swallowtail | Papilio demolion | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Taita blue-banded Papilio | Papilio desmondi | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Whitebanded swallowtail | Papilio echerioides | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Yellow-crested spangle | Papilio elephenor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Narrow-banded swallowtail | Papilio gallienus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Magnificent swallowtail | Papilio garamas | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hector's swallowtail butterfly | Papilio hectorides | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Emperor swallowtail | Papilio hesperus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Horniman’s swallowtail | Papilio hornimani | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Great Helen swallowtail | Papilio iswara | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Jackson’s swallowtail | Papilio jacksoni | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Jungle Jade swallowtail | Papilio karna | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Machaonides swallowtail | Papilio machaonides | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Exquisite malachite | Papilio mangoura | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Western emperor swallowtail | Papilio menestheus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mountain mimetic swallowtail | Papilio plagiatus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Fijian swallowtail | Papilio schmeltzi | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Fair-banded malachite | Papilio sosia | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Yunnan peacock | Papilio syfanius | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Woodford's swallowtail | Papilio woodfordi | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Giant orange tiger | Papilio zagreus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Norfolk swallowtail | Papilio amynthor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bahamian swallowtail | Papilio andraemon | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Broad green-banded swallowtail | Papilio chrapkowskii | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Broadly green-banded swallowtail | Papilio chrapkowskoides | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cream-lined swallowtail | Papilio delalandei | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Forest swallowtail | Papilio euphranor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hipponous swallowtail | Papilio hipponous | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Western emperor swallowtail | Papilio horribilis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lormier’s emperor swallowtail | Papilio lormieri | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| MacKinnon’s swallowtail | Papilio mackinnoni | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Burmese raven | Papilio mahadeva | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Menatius swallowtail | Papilio menatius | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Noble swallowtail | Papilio nobilis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Timor swallowtail | Papilio oenomaus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Emperor swallowtail | Papilio ophidicephalus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ornythion swallowtail | Papilio ornythion | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Oxynius swallowtail | Papilio oxynius | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pelaus swallowtail | Papilio pelaus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| King Papilio | Papilio rex | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pink-spotted swallowtail | Papilio rogeri | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sulawesi red Helen | Papilio sataspes | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Volta swallowtail | Papilio zenobia | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Appalachian tiger swallowtail | Papilio appalachiensis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Rumanzovia swallowtail | Papilio deiphobus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Van Someren’s green-banded swallowtail | Papilio interjectana | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Red-banded Mormon | Papilio janaka | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Eastern bush kite swallowtail | Papilio pelodurus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Canopus swallowtail | Papilio canopus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Natewa swallowtail | Papilio natewa | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Philippine Mormon | Papilio alphenor | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Western giant swallowtail | Papilio rumiko | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Midsummer tiger swallowtail | Papilio solstitius | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sulawesi mime | Papilio veiovis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Taiwanese Glazed swallowtail | Papilio hermosanus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Victorine swallowtail | Papilio victorinus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio aceris | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio acheronta | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio aconthea | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio agacles | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio albinus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio albula | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio amata | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio ancaeus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio andronicus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio antonio | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio antonoe | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio aonis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio areolatus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio aristophontes | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio arnoldiana | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio arsinoe | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio astarte | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio astynome | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio aurelius | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio automedon | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio baldus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio bates | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio benguetana | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio birchallii | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio bisaltide | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio blomfildia | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio bridgei | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio butlerianus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio c. album | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio c. aureum | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio cacicus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio cadmus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio caecilia | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio calypso | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio capucinus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio cecilia | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio celia | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio ceneus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio cerialis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio chiansiades | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio chitondensis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio chloe | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio circeis | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio cluena | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio columella | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio coronea | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio crisia | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio crithea | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio cymodoce | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio cytheris | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio daedalus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio daudia | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio decora | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio demetrius | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio diana | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio dionysos | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio diophantus | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio doddsi | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio dorothea | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Papilio drusia | Papilionidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |