List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Papilionidae)

This is a list of the butterflies of family Papilionidae, or the "swallowtails", which are found in Sri Lanka. It is part of the List of the butterflies of Sri Lanka

Graphium (Graphium) - bluebottles and jays

Name	Binomial	Subspecies	Status
Tailed jay File:Graphium agamemnon 20131222.jpg File:Tailed jay (Graphium agamemnon menides).jpg	Graphium agamemnon	Graphium agamemnon menides	Least concern
Common bluebottle File:Common Bluebottle-Graphium sarpedon teredon.JPG File:Graphium sarpedon WQXGA.jpg	Graphium sarpedon	Graphium sarpedon menides Graphium sarpedon teredon	Least concern
Common jay File:Commonjay adup sec.jpg File:Common Blue Bottle I IMG 8906.jpg	Graphium doson	Graphium doson doson	Least concern
Spot swordtail File:Spot Swordtail (Graphium nomius) W IMG 9180.jpg File:Chain Swordtail (Graphium aristeus) at 23 Mile, Duars, WB W IMG 5883.jpg	Graphium nomius	Graphium nomius nomius	Least concern
Fivebar swordtail File:Open wing position of Graphium antiphates Cramer, 1775 – Five-bar Swordtail 2.jpg File:Close wing position of Graphium antiphates, Cramer, 1775 – Five-bar Swordtail WLB.jpg	Graphium antiphates	Graphium antiphates ceylonicus	Least concern

Name	Binomial	Subspecies	Status
Blue Mormon File:Papilio polymnestor-Kadavoor-2016-07-27-002.jpg File:Papilio polymnestor-Kadavoor-2016-03-30-001.jpg File:Blue Mormon UN.jpg	Papilio polymnestor	Papilio polymnestor parinda	Least concern
Common banded peacock File:Open wing position of Papilio crino, Fabricius,1793 – Common Banded Peacock WLB.jpg File:Common banded peacock (Papilio crino) underside.jpg	Papilio crino		Least concern
Red Helen File:Red Helen (Papilio helenus) at Samsing, Duars, WB W IMG 6219.jpg File:Papilio helenus fortunius male 20131027.jpg	Papilio helenus	Papilio helenus mooreanus	Least concern
Common Mormon File:Common Mormon Papilio polytes Male by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN2214 (2).jpg File:Common Mormon Papilio polytes Female Form Romulus by kadavoor.jpg File:Common Mormon Papilio polytes Female romulus form Dr. Raju Kasambe DSC 8444 01.jpg	Papilio polytes	Papilio polytes romulus	Least concern
Lime butterfly File:Common Lime Butterfly Papilio demoleus UP by Kadavoor.jpg File:Lime butterfly.jpg	Papilio demoleus	Papilio demoleus demoleus	Least concern
Common mime File:Form dissimilis.jpg File:DR002 Chilasa clytia disimilis UP.jpg	Papilio clytia	Papilio clytia lankeswara	Least concern

Name	Binomial	Subspecies	Status
Common rose File:Open wing position of Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricius, 1775 – Common Rose.jpg File:Common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae aristolochiae) underside.jpg	Pachliopta aristolochiae	Pachliopta aristolochiae ceylanica	Least concern
Crimson rose File:Crimson Rose (Atrophaneura hector) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7819.jpg File:Crimson rose at Kaludiya pokuna.jpg	Pachliopta hector		Least concern
Ceylon roseFile:Menelaides jophon 436.png	Pachliopta jophon	Endemic	Critically endangered

Name	Binomial	Subspecies	Status
Sri Lankan birdwing File:PompeopteraDarsiusRippon.jpg	Troides darsius	Endemic	Near threatened

Bernard d'Abrera (1986) Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part 1: Papilionidae, Pieridae and Danaidae Hill House Publishers ISBN 0-9593639-0-4
D'Abrera, B.L. (1998) The Butterflies of Ceylon. Hill House: Melbourne; London. 224 pp. ISBN 0-947352-35-X