Leptocircini is a tribe of swallowtail butterflies that includes the genera Eurytides (kite swallowtails), Graphium (swordtails), and Lamproptera (dragontails).
| Leptocircini | |
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| Macleay's swallowtail (Graphium macleayanus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Papilioninae |
| Tribe: | Leptocircini Kirby, 1896 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Graphiini | |
Taxonomy
The tribe consists of roughly 140 species in nine genera worldwide and one native North American species, Eurytides marcellus.
Genera
This tribe consists of the following genera:
Examples of butterflies from each genera
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References
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