Papilioninae

Papilioninae is a subfamily of butterflies.  It belongs in the family Papilionidae, the swallowtail butterflies.  The species are found worldwide.James A. Scott (1986).  The Butterflies of North America.  Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA.  

The caterpillars feed on plants in the following families: Rosaceae, Apiaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Magnoliaceae, Lauraceae, and Annonaceae.  Caterpillars that feed on Aristolochiaceae species become poisonous.  When they become adults, they are still poisonous.  Because of this, many butterflies in the families Papilionidae and Nymphalidae mimic Aristolochiaceae feeders.

Very few adult Papilioninae species migrate.  They spend the winter as chrysailds.

List of genera
Atrophaneura Reakirt, 1865
Battus Scopoli, 1777
Byasa Moore, 1882
Chilasa Moore, 1881
Cressida Swainson, 1832
Euryades Felder & Felder, 1864
Eurytides Hübner, 1821
Graphium Westwood, 1841
Iphiclides Hübner, 1819
Lamproptera Gray, 1832
Losaria Moore, 1902
Meandrusa Moore, 1888
Mimoides Brown, 1991
Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1832
Pachliopta Reakirt, 1865
Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
Parides Hübner, 1819
Pharmacophagus Haase, 1892
Praepapilio Durden and Rose, 1978†
Protesilaus Swainson, 1832
Protographium Munroe, 1961
Teinopalpus Hope, 1843
Trogonoptera Rippon, 1890
Troides Hübner, 1819Bernard D'Abrera (1990).  Butterflies of the Holarctic Region.  Part 1:Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danaidae, and Satyridae, (Partim).  Hill House, Victoria, Australia.  

References

Other websites

Papilioninae at Wikispecies

Category:Papilionidae