49. Papilionidae – apollos and swallowtails Members of the Papilionidae are large butterflies. The swallowtails are aptly named, given the presence of prominent tails on their hindwings. Th e wings do not have androconial scales, and the hindwing has one anal vein. Th e foreleg tibia has an epiphysis. Th e larvae are often brightly colored, and they utilize a variety of food plants. Approximately 600 species of Papilionidae are known worldwide, primarily in the Old World tropics. Th irty-nine species are known from North America; eight of these are known from AB.

Published as part of Pohl, Greg, Anweiler, Gary, Schmidt, Christian & Kondla, Norbert, 2010, An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-549 in ZooKeys 38 (38) on page 168, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383, http://zenodo.org/record/576629