Papilio mechowi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Papilionini |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. mechowi |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio mechowi Dewitz, 1881[1][2] | |
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Papilio mechowi is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family found in Africa.
Subspecies
- Papilio mechowi mechowi (Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, Congo Republic, Angola)
- Papilio mechowi whitnalli Neave, 1904 (central and eastern Uganda)
Taxonomy
It is a member of the zenobia species-group.In the zenobia-group the basic upperside wing pattern is black with white or yellowish bands and spots. The underside is brown and basally there is a red area marked with black stripes and spots.In the discal area there is a yellowish band with black stripes and veins. Females resemble Amauris. Both sexes lack tails.
The clade members are
- Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868
- Papilio fernandus Fruhstorfer, 1903
- Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904
- Papilio gallienus Distant, 1879
- Papilio mechowi Dewitz, 1881
- Papilio mechowianus Dewitz, 1885
- Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904
- Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775
Diagnosis of mechowi. Very similar to Papilio cyproeofila .Differs from mechowianus in having the white band narrow."Large, tail-less. Hindwing sharply angled at vein 4; a continuous pale yellow median band in male broken into large internervular spots in forewing. A series of large prominent yellow spots at margin of hindwing.Female has a broader yellow band. In the lower and denser forests of the Congo it is replaced by P.gallienus Distant, with which it has been confused" (Carcasson, R.H., 1960)
Status
Common and not threatened.<ref name=[3]
Ecozone
Etymology
Named for Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow.
References
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- 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
External links
- Global Butterfly Information System Images (as subgenus Druryia)
- Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
- Threatened swallowtail butterflies of the world: the IUCN red data book