Leptocircini is a tribe of swallowtail butterflies that includes the genera Eurytides (kite swallowtails), Graphium (swordtails), and Lamproptera (dragontails).

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:

Eurytides Graphium Iphiclides Lamproptera Meandrusa Mimoides Protesilaus Protographium Teinopalpus

Examples of butterflies from each genera

References

Scott, J. A. (1992). Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. Tyler, H. A., Brown, K. S., Jr., & Wilson, K. H. (1994). Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas: A Study in Biological Dynamics, Ecological Diversity, Biosystematics, and Conservation. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers. Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Protographium Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Lamproptera