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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theseries Papilioniformes — the swallowtailbutterflies .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This peculiar caterpillar belongs to the Papilionidae family.
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Pifridae has 25 percent of the local species unique to Buru, and Papilionidae 7 percent.
Buru rain forests 2008
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Butterflies of the Papilionidae family also have an important center of endemism in this region, with 11 endemic species.
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Análisis conservacionista de las mariposas mexicanas: Papilionidae (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea).
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Análisis conservacionista de las mariposas mexicanas: Papilionidae (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea).
Balsas dry forests 2007
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Papilionidae are peculiar to Timor, three others are also found in
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Papilionidae or swallow-tailed butterflies, whose large size and gorgeous colouring has led to their being collected more frequently than other insects.
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Papilionidae or Swallow-tailed butterflies, Celebes possesses 24 species, of which the large number of 18 are not found in any other island.
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“Papilionidae of the Malayan Region,” of which Darwin has recorded:
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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“Papilionidae of the Malay Region,” Wallace's, i. 153, ii.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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