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Containing group: Papilionidae

Introduction

The swallowtail subfamily Baroniinae contains a single species: Baronia brevicornis. This species is believed to be the most "primitive" of the living swallowtails, a hypothesis which is supported by morphological and molecular data (Miller 1987, Caterino et al. 2001).

Baronia brevicornis is a threatened butterfly that has a very small home range in Mexico.

References

Brown, K.S.Jr., C.F. Klitzke, C. Berlingeri, and P.E.R.D. Santos. 1995. Neotropical swallowtails: Chemistry of food plant relationships, population ecology, and biosystematics. In Swallowtail butterflies: Their ecology and evolutionary biology. Pages 405-445. Eds. Scriber-J-M; Tsubaki-Y; Lederhouse-R-C. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, Florida, USA

Caterino, M.S., R.D. Reed, M.M. Kuo, and F.A.H. Sperling. 2001. A partitioned likelihood analysis of swallowtail butterfly phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Syst. Biol. 50(1):106-127.

De la Maza, E.J., L.J. White, and L.A. White. 1987. Observation on the female polymorphism of Baronia brevicornis Salv. (Papilionidae Baroniinae) with a description of new subspecies from the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Lepidopterologia A C: 11: 3-13.

Eisner, T., T.E. Pliske, M. Ikeda, D.F. Owen, L. Vazquez, H. Perez, J.G. Franclem, and J. Meinwald. 1970. Defense mechanisms of Arthopods. 27. Osmeterial secretions of papilionid caterpillars (Baronia, Papilio, Eurytides). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 63: 914-?.

Hauser, C.L. 1992. A new abdominal scent organ in females of Baronia brevicornis (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Zool. Anz. 229: 54-62.

Miller, J.S. 1987. Phylogenetic studies in the Papilioninae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 186:365-512.

Ruiz, H.P., and S.R. Sanchez. 1986. Some demographic aspects of Baronia brevicornis Salv. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae Baroniinae) in two localities of Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Serie Zoologia. 1986: 57: 191-198..

Vazquez, G.L. 1987. Baronia brevicornis Salvin and its forms (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae Baroniinae). Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Serie Zoologia. 58: 655-680.

Vazquez, G.L., and R.H. Perez. 1966. Biology of Baronia brevicornis Salv (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae-Baroniinae). An. Inst. Biol. 37: 195-?.

Yuste, F., H. Perez, and F. Walls. 1972. Compounds of papilionid caterpillars (Baronia brevicornis S.). Experientia 28: 1149-1150.

Information on the Internet

• Species list for Papilionidae, by Hauser and colleagues.