Pterourus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Subgenus: Pterourus
Species: P. (P.) appalachiensis – P. (P.) birchallii – P. (P.) cacicus – P. (P.) canadensis – P. (P.) esperanza – P. (P.) eurymedon – P. (P.) euterpinus – P. (P.) garamas – P. (P.) glaucus – P. (P.) hellanichus – P. (P.) homerus – P. (P.) menatius – P. (P.) multicaudatus – P. (P.) neyi – P. (P.) palamedes – P. (P.) pilumnus – P. (P.) rutulus – P. (P.) scamander – P. (P.) troilus – P. (P.) warscewiczii – P. (P.) xanthopleura – P. (P.) zagreus
Name

Papilio (Pterourus) Scopoli, 1777

Type species: Papilio troilus Linnaeus.
Synonymy

Jasoniades Hübner, [1819] Verz. bek. Schmett. (6): 83, TS: Papilio turnus Linnaeus.
Euphoeades Hübner, [1819] Verz. bek. Schmett. (6): 83, TS: Papilio glaucus Linnaeus.
Caudati Koch, 1860 (unavail.)
Pyrrhosticta Butler, 1872 Cistula ent. 1: 86, TS: Papilio laetitia Butler.
Motasiona Niculescu, 1979.

References

Gatrelle, R.R., 2000: A New North American Swallowtail Butterfly: Description of a Relict Subspecies of Pterourus troilus (Papilionidae) from the Southern Tip of Florida. The Taxonomic Report 2 (4): 1–14.
Möhn, E. 2001. Beiträge zur kenntnis neotropischer Papilionidae (Lepidoptera). Teil 1. Notes on Papilionidae 1: 3–10. Reference page.