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Papilio polyxenes or asterias
Papilio Pa*pil"i*o, n. [L., a butterfly.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of butterflies. Note: Formerly it included numerous species which are now placed in other genera. By many writers it is now restricted to the swallow-tailed butterflies, like Papilio polyxenes, or asterias, and related species.

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- swallowtail. P. polyxenes is part of the genus Papilio, which is the biggest group of the family Papilionidae. Subspecies polyxenes, once found in Cuba...
- fragments remain. Apart from these classical dramas, there are: Achille et Polyxène, an opera begun by Jean-Baptiste Lully, who died from a conducting injury...
- swallowtail (Papilio troilus), and the female black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes). B. philenor differs from the dark morph P. glaucus by the row of light-colored...
- Hall, Donald (23 October 2017). "Eastern Black Swallowtail: Papilio polyxenes asterius (Stoll) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)". AskIFAS. University...
- Achille et Polyxène (Achilles and Polyxena) is a tragédie lyrique containing a prologue and five acts based on Virgil's Aeneid with a French libretto by...
- Princess Caroline of N****au-Usingen (German: Prinzessin Karoline Polyxena von N****au-Usingen; 4 April 1762 – 17 August 1823) was the elder daughter of...
- Princess Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (Polyxena Christina Johanna; 21 September 1706 – 13 January 1735) was the second wife of Charles Emmanuel...
- swallowtail, Papilio pilummus Black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes Desert black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes coloro Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus...
- (asymmetry) in the outer flowers. The black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polyxenes, uses the family Apiaceae for food and host plants for oviposition. The...
- Polyxène et Pirrhus (Polyxena and Pyrrhus) is an opera by the French composer Pascal Coll****e, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris...