The Zerynthiini are a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
of
swallowtail butterflies.
Genera
The tribe is thought to consist of four
genera:
* ''
Allancastria''
* ''
Bhutanitis''
* ''
Sericinus
''Sericinus'' is a genus of swallowtail butterflies placed in the subfamily Parnassiinae. The genus has a complex history and a multiplicity of names have been applied to its single species.
''Sericinus montela'', the dragon swallowtail, is the ...
''
* ''
Zerynthia''
References
* Nazari et al. (2007) Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution''. 42(1):131–156
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External links
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Papilionidae
Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Butterfly tribes
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