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Papilio mackinnoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Papilio

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Similar
  
Papilio jacksoni, Papilio fuelleborni, Papilio plagiatus, Papilio echerioides, Papilio mechowi

Papilio mackinnoni, the Mackinnon's swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Uganda, Zaire, South Sudan, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.

Contents

The larvae feed on Rutaceae, Clausema, Toddalia, Citrus, Teclea simplicifolia, T. nobilis and T. tricocarpa.

Subspecies

  • Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni (southern Sudan, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Papilio mackinnoni benguellae Jordan, 1908 (highlands of central Angola)
  • Papilio mackinnoni theodori Riley, 1921 (southern Zaire, north-western Zambia)
  • Papilio mackinnoni isokae (Hancock, 1984) (north-eastern Zambia, western Tanzania, northern Malawi)
  • Papilio mackinnoni mpwapwana Kielland, 1990 (eastern Tanzania)
  • Papilio mackinnoni reductofascia Kielland, 1990 (northern Tanzania, southern Kenya)

    • Habitat

    Congolian forests and Albertine Rift montane forests.

    Ecozone

    This species is located in the Afrotropic ecozone.

    References

    Papilio mackinnoni Wikipedia
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