Papilio mackinnoni explained

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.^[1]

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 ^[2] (highlands of central Angola)
Papilio mackinnoni theodori Riley, 1921^[3] (southern Zaire, north-western Zambia)
Papilio mackinnoni isokae (Hancock, 1984) ^[4] (north-eastern Zambia, western Tanzania, northern Malawi)
Papilio mackinnoni mpwapwana Kielland, 1990 ^[5] (eastern Tanzania)
Papilio mackinnoni reductofascia Kielland, 1990 (northern Tanzania, southern Kenya)

This species is located in the Afrotropical realm.

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Hancock, D. L. 1984 Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (12): 187
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