Papilio

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Papilio \Pa*pil"i*o\, peop. n. [L., a butterfly.] (Zool.)
     A genus of butterflies.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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}, syn. {Papilio asterias}, and
           related species.
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