List of butterflies of Europe (Papilionidae)

This is a list of the butterflies of family Papilionidae, or the "swallowtails", which are found in Europe. This family of large and beautiful butterflies is poorly represented with only 14 species found within European borders,^[1] out of a total of 552 species of swallowtails found throughout the world.^[2] It is a part of List of the butterflies of Europe.

Checklist

Subfamily Parnassinae

• Southern festoon, Zerynthia polyxena
• Spanish festoon, Zerynthia rumina
• Eastern festoon, Allancastria cerisyi
• Allancastria caucasica
• Allancastria cretica
• False Apollo, Archon apollinus
• Apollo, Parnassius apollo
• Small Apollo, Parnassius phoebus
• Clouded Apollo, Parnassius mnemosyne

• 
  Southern festoon
  Zerynthia polyxena
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  Spanish festoon
  Zerynthia rumina
• 
  Eastern festoon
  Allancastria cerisyi
• 
  False Apollo
  Archon apollinus
• 
  Apollo
  Parnassius apollo
• 
  Small Apollo
  Parnassius phoebus
• 
  Clouded Apollo
  Parnassius mnemosyne

Subfamily Papilioninae

• Swallowtail, Papilio machaon
• Corsican swallowtail, Papilio hospiton
• Southern swallowtail, Papilio alexanor
• Scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius
• Iberian scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides feisthamelii

• 
  Swallowtail
  Papilio machaon
• 
  Corsican swallowtail
  Papilio hospiton
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  Southern swallowtail
  Papilio alexanor
• 
  Scarce swallowtail
  Iphiclides podalirius
• 
  Iberian scarce swallowtail
  Iphiclides feisthamelii

See also

• List of butterflies of Europe (Pieridae)

References

1. Coombs, Simon (30 September 2010). "European Butterfly checklist". butterfly-guide.co.uk/. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
2. Häuser, Christoph L.; de Jong, Rienk; Lamas, Gerardo; Robbins, Robert K.; Smith, Campbell; Vane-Wright, Richard I. (28 July 2005). "Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft)". Retrieved 8 November 2010.