List of former species in the genus Papilio

This is a list of former species in the butterfly genus Papilio, with the current species name.

Selected former species include:

A

 * P. accius Smith, 1797 - transferred to Lerema accius (Smith, 1797)
 * P. aracinthus Fabricius, 1777 - synonymized with Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771)
 * P. asychis Stoll, [1780] - transferred to Chiothion asychis (Stoll, [1780])

B

 * P. broteas Cramer, 1780 - transferred to Nascus busirus (Cramer, 1780)
 * P. busirus Cramer, [1779] - transferred to Achlyodes busirus (Cramer, [1779])

C

 * P. cebrenus Cramer, 1777 - transferred to Euriphellus cebrenus (Cramer, 1777)
 * P. comma Linnaeus, 1758 - transferred to Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * P. coridon Fabricius, 1775 - synonymized with Perichares philetes (Gmelin, [1790])

E

 * P. edipus Stoll, [1781] - transferred to Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, [1781])
 * P. eligius Stoll, [1781] - transferred to Celaenorrhinus eligius (Stoll, [1781])
 * P. ethlius Stoll, 1782 - transferred to Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782)
 * P. euribates Stoll, 1782 - transferred to Euriphellus euribates (Stoll,  1782)

F

 * P. flesus Stoll, [1790] - transferred to Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781])
 * P. folus Cramer, 1775 - transferred to Udaspes folus (Cramer, 1775)

H

 * P. helirius Cramer, 1775 - transferred to Chaetocneme helirius (Cramer, 1775)
 * P. hylaspes Stoll, 1781 - transferred to Synale folus (Stoll, 1781)

J

 * P. japetus Stoll, [1781] - transferred to Tagiades japetus (Stoll, [1781])
 * P. jolus Stoll, [1782] - transferred to Carystus jolus (Stoll, [1782])
 * P. jovianus Stoll, 1782 - transferred to Pythonides jovianus (Stoll, 1782)

M

 * P. menes Stoll, 1782 - transferred to Apaustus menes (Stoll, 1782)
 * P. midas Cramer, 1775 - transferred to Bungalotis midas (Cramer, 1775)
 * P. metis Linnaeus, 1764 - transferred to Metisella metis (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * P. morpheus Pallas, 1771 - transferred to Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771)

N

 * P. nothus Fabricius, 1787 - transferred to Ceratrichia nothus (Fabricius, 1787)

O

 * P. ophion Stoll, [1790] - synonymized with Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781])
 * P. orchamus Cramer, [1777] - transferred to Xeniades orchamus (Cramer, [1777])

P

 * P. paulliniae Sepp, [1842] - transferred to Nascus paulliniae (Sepp, [1842])
 * P. pertinax Stoll, [1781] - transferred to Phlebodes pertinax (Stoll, [1781])
 * P. phidon Cramer, 1779 - transferred to Thracides phidon (Cramer, 1779)
 * P. philetes Gmelin, [1790] - transferred to Perichares philetes (Gmelin, [1790])
 * P. phocaeus Cramer, 1777 - transferred to Ceratrichia phocion (Fabricius, 1781)
 * P. phocion Fabricius, 1781 - synonymyized to Ceratrichia phocion (Fabricius, 1781)
 * P. phocus Cramer, 1777 - transferred to Nascus phocus (Cramer, [1777])
 * P. phyllus Cramer, [1777] - transferred to Vettius phyllus (Cramer, [1777])

S

 * P. salatis Stoll, 1782 - transferred to Salatis salatis (Stoll, 1782)
 * P. salius Cramer, 1775 - transferred to Calpodes salius (Cramer, 1775)
 * P. saturnus Fabricius, 1787 - transferred to Saturnus saturnus (Fabricius, 1787)
 * P. sebaldus Stoll, 1781 - transferred to Dyscophellus sebaldus (Stoll, 1781)

T

 * P. tryxus Stoll, 1780 - transferred to Xenophanes tryxus (Stoll, 1780)

V

 * P. virbius Cramer, 1777 - transferred to Cobalus virbius (Cramer, 1777)