Papilio mackinnoni
| Papilio mackinnoni | |
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| Plate accompanying Sharpe's 1891 description in Proceedings of the Zoological Society | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. mackinnoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891[1] | |
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MacKinnon's Swallowtail (Papilio mackinnoni) is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Uganda, Zaire, South Sudan, Congo Republic, Rwanda and Burundi.[2]
The larvae feed on Rutaceae, Clausema, Toddalia, Citrus, Teclea simplicifolia, T. nobilis and T. tricocarpa.
Subspecies
- Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni (southern Sudan, Congo Republic, 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)
Rwenzori mountains light forest
Habitat
Congolian forests and Albertine Rift montane forests.
Ecozone
This species is located in the afrotropic ecozone.
References
- Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera,Papilionidae). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society)
- Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book (1985) IUCN pdf
External links
- Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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