Papilio mackinnoni

Updated on Oct 12, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Papilio

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.

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)

Congolian forests and Albertine Rift montane forests.

This species is located in the Afrotropic ecozone.

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