Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the lepidopterous family Papilionidæ.
- Having the characters of or belonging to the family Papilionidæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
butterfly of thefamily Papilionidae .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word papilionid.
Examples
-
It is also diverse in papilionid butterflies, of which 11 are endemic species.
Balsas dry forests 2007
-
Yagi T, Sasaki G, Takebe H (1999) Phylogeny of Japanese papilionid butterflies inferred from nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial ND5 gene.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Melanie Norgate et al. 2009
-
The records list 173 mammals (81 endemic), 417 birds (22 endemic), 59 reptiles (27 endemic), 36 amphibians (25 endemic), 76 fish (35 endemic) and 27 (8 endemic) papilionid species.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.