Papilio mackinnoni

Papilio mackinnoni
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]
Synonyms
  • Papilio mackinnoni immaculatus Suffert, 1904
  • Papilio mackinnoni bimaculatus Suffert, 1904
  • Papilio mackinnoni f.indiv. unimaculatus Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio mackinnnoni var. elgonia Bryk, 1926
  • Papilio mackinnoni ab. ampliusmaculata Krüger, 1928
  • Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni f. addenda Dufrane, 1953

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

Rwenzori mountains light forest

Habitat

Congolian forests and Albertine Rift montane forests.

Ecozone

This species is located in the afrotropic ecozone.

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