papilio vs. pterourus

Zachary Lemann elemann at home.com
Thu Apr 27 23:44:44 EDT 2000


Can someone let me know the current state of these two generic names?  We
have a few nice swallowtails in this area (eastern tiger, spicebush, giant,
black, palamedes) which I am under the impression are Papilio species.  Are
they Pterourus instead?  Is this a matter of some debate amongst lep
taxonomists?  Please chime in. Thanks!
- Zack



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