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A sketch of the phylogeny and occurrence of female-limited mimicry polymorphism in the genus Papilio butterflies.
The cladogram is drawn based on Zakharov et al.16. Species with circles show female-limited mimicry, and those with stars additionally show polymorphism in females28.