Papilio jacksoni

Papilio jacksoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. jacksoni
Binomial name
Papilio jacksoni
Sharpe, 1891[1]
Synonyms
  • Druryia jacksoni
  • Papilio jacksoni f. multimaculata Stoneham, 1951

Papilio jacksoni, the Jackson's swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.

The female adults mimic Amauris echeria and relatives.

The larvae feed on Clausena, Toddalia and Clausena anisata.

Description

Emily Sharpe's illustration of the male (figure 1) and female (figure 2) of Papilio jacksoni in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

"Male as in ssp. echerioides, but black more sooty, median band narrower, reduced to very well separated spots in forewing,white with faint ochreous tinge. Female as in echerioides, but white apical spot does not touch the margin; white spots in hindwing in both sexes well inside margin." (Robert Herbert Carcasson, 1960).

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Papilio jacksoni is a member of the echerioides species group. This clade includes:

Etymology

It was named for the collector Frederick John Jackson in "Descriptions of New Butterflies collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S:, in British East Africa, during his recent Expedition. Part I & II" Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 : 187-194, pl. 16-17, : 633-638, pl. 48.

References

  1. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini


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