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.[3]
The larvae feed on Rutaceae, Clausema, Toddalia, Citrus, Teclea simplicifolia, T. nobilis and T. tricocarpa.
Subspecies
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Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni (southern Sudan, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
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Papilio mackinnoni benguellae Jordan, 1908 [4] (highlands of central Angola)
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Papilio mackinnoni theodori Riley, 1921[5] (southern Zaire, north-western Zambia)
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Papilio mackinnoni isokae (Hancock, 1984) [6] (north-eastern Zambia, western Tanzania, northern Malawi)
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Papilio mackinnoni mpwapwana Kielland, 1990 [7] (eastern Tanzania)
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Papilio mackinnoni reductofascia Kielland, 1990 (northern Tanzania, southern Kenya)
Habitat
Congolian forests and Albertine Rift montane forests.
Biogeographic realm
This species is located in the Afrotropical realm.
References
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^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
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^ Sharpe, E. M. Bowdler 1891 Descriptions of New Butterflies collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S:, in British East Africa, during his recent Expedition. - Part I & II Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 : 187-194, pl. 16-17, : 633-638, pl. 48 Full text .
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^ "Papilio". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
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^ Jordan, K. 1908a. Some new and some unfigured Lepidoptera. Novitates Zoologicae 15: 253-258.
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^ Riley, 1921 Notes on the Rhopalocera of the Dollman Collection Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1921 (1-2) : 234-259, pl. 4-7 [ Full text]
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^ Hancock, D. L. 1984 Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (12): 187
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^ Kielland, 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363
- 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. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
