List of butterflies of Europe (Papilionidae)

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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.

## Contents

* 1 Checklist
* 1.1 Subfamily Parnassinae
* 1.2 Subfamily Papilioninae
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## 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

* 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

* 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". http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/help/euro_chklist.htm. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
2. ↑ "Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft)". 28 July 2005. http://www.insects-online.de/frames/papilio.htm. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

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