'Papilio' definitions:
Definition of 'Papilio'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]