Troidini
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Troidini is the tribe of Aristolochia swallowtails that includes the genus Battus.
It consists of 136 species worldwide and 3 species that occur North America. This tribe feeds on the poisonous Aritolochia plants, and as a result is poisonous itself and is mimicked by other butterflies. <ref>Scott, James A. (1986). The Butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1205-0.</ref>
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