Sericinus is a genus of swallowtail butterflies placed in the subfamily Parnassiinae.

The genus has a complex history and a multiplicity of names have been applied to its single species.

Sericinus montela, the dragon swallowtail, is the only species, making the genus monotypic.

It is found in the Russian Far East (south of Primorsky Krai), Korea, China and Japan.

NS I: 173), monobasic telamon Donovan (Sericinus Wood, 1877: Suicinus Draesecke, 1923) montela Gray, 1853.