Zerynthia
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Zerynthiini |
| Genus: | Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1816 |
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Zerynthia is a genus of swallowtail butterflies placed in the subfamily Parnassiinae. The genus has a complex history; a multiplicity of names have been applied to its species.
Zerynthia consists of the following species:[1]
| Eggs | Caterpillar | Butterfly | Scientific name | Distribution |
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 |  |  | Zerynthia polyxena - (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[2] | southern Europe (southeastern France, Italy, Slovakia and Greece) covering all the Balkans and reaching the south of Kazakhstan and the Urals. |
 | _01.jpg) |  | Zerynthia rumina - (Linnaeus, 1758)[3] | North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. |