Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is Latin for butterfly. The genus includes a number of well-known North American species such as the Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus). Familiar species in Asia include the Mormons (Papilio p...
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• (n.) A genus of butterflies.
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(from the article `community ecology`) For example, swallowtail butterflies (Papilio) include more than 500 species worldwide. In most species an adult female lays her eggs on a host ...
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'Butterfly'. tent.
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The butterfly or military tent was made of sewn leather sections and measured 10 x 10 Roman feet, which housed a contubernium of 8 legionaries when on campaign. The 8 tents allocated to each centuria were pitched close together in a straight line (hemistrigium) with the tent of the centurion at the end of the line closest to the vallum. Arms and eq…...
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Pa·pil'i·o noun [ Latin , a butterfly.]
(Zoology) A genus of butterflies. » 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 s...
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Papilio is the 'black' Swallowtail genus of butterflies of the family Papilionidae.
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