Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Papilio"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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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