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Helen and Mormon Swallowtails
Menelaides
57 branches of this group, most-observed first

Common Mormon Swallowtail
speciesPapilio polytes

Great Mormon
speciesPapilio agenor

Orchard Swallowtail
speciesPapilio aegeus

Spangle Swallowtail
speciesPapilio protenor

Red Helen Swallowtail
speciesPapilio helenus

Black and White Helen
speciesPapilio chaon

Great Mormon Swallowtail
speciesPapilio memnon

Common Raven Butterfly
speciesPapilio castor

Papilio theseus
speciesPapilio theseus

Capaneus Swallowtail
speciesPapilio capaneus

Great Helen Swallowtail
speciesPapilio iswara

Large-spotted Helen
speciesPapilio daksha

Scarlet Mormon Swallowtail
speciesPapilio deiphobus

Papilio demetrius
speciesPapilio demetrius

Long-tail Spangle Swallowtail
speciesPapilio macilentus

Black-and-white Helen Swallowtail
speciesPapilio nephelus

Philippine Mormon
speciesPapilio alphenor

Ambrax Swallowtail
speciesPapilio ambrax

Formosan Swallowtail
speciesPapilio thaiwanus

Malabar Raven Butterfly
speciesPapilio dravidarum

Redbreast Swallowtail
speciesPapilio alcmenor

Papilio palawanicus
speciesPapilio palawanicus

Canopus Swallowtail
speciesPapilio canopus

Ascalaphus swallowtail
speciesPapilio ascalaphus

Fuscous Swallowtail
speciesPapilio fuscus

Norfolk Swallowtail
speciesPapilio amynthor

Papilio sataspes
speciesPapilio sataspes

Blue Helen Swallowtail
speciesPapilio prexaspes

Papilio hystaspes
speciesPapilio hystaspes

Papilio hypsicles
speciesPapilio hypsicles

Bornean Mormon
speciesPapilio acheron

Papilio diophantus
speciesPapilio diophantus

Papilio iswaroides
speciesPapilio iswaroides

Fijian Swallowtail
speciesPapilio schmeltzi

Papilio forbesi
speciesPapilio forbesi

Papilio gambrisius
speciesPapilio gambrisius

Tailed Redbreast
speciesPapilio bootes

Himalayan Tailed Redbreast
speciesPapilio janaka

Papilio albinus
speciesPapilio albinus

Timor Swallowtail
speciesPapilio oenomaus

Papilio bridgei
speciesPapilio bridgei

Papilio biseriatus
speciesPapilio biseriatus

Papilio tydeus
speciesPapilio tydeus

Hipponous swallowtail
speciesPapilio hipponous

Godeffroy's Swallowtail
speciesPapilio godeffroyi

Papilio mangarinus
speciesPapilio mangarinus

Papilio erskinei
speciesPapilio erskinei

Papilio lampsacus
speciesPapilio lampsacus

Woodford's Swallowtail
speciesPapilio woodfordi

Papilio phestus
speciesPapilio phestus

Papilio heringi
speciesPapilio heringi

Jordan's Swallowtail
speciesPapilio jordani

Papilio weymeri
speciesPapilio weymeri

Papilio oritas
speciesPapilio oritas
Papilio nicobarensis
speciesPapilio nicobarensis
Papilio cilix
speciesPapilio cilix
Papilio chaon × nephelus
hybridPapilio chaon × nephelus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 775729.