Papilio jacksoni

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Papilio jacksoni
Papilio jacksoni Sharpe, 1891.JPG
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. jacksoni
Binomial name
Papilio jacksoni
Sharpe, 1891 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Druryia jacksoni
  • Papilio jacksoni f. multimaculataStoneham, 1951

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

Contents

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 ProceedingsZSL1891Plate17.jpg
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.

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References

  1. ↑ Sharpe, E.M. 1891 Descriptions of new butterflies collected by Mr. F.J. Jackson, F.Z.S., in British East Africa, during his recent expedition. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 187-194.
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini
  3. ↑ Le Cerf, F. 1924. Catalogue annote des “types” et formes nouvelles des Papilios d’Afrique contenus dans la collection du Hill Museum. Bulletin of the Hill Museum Wiley 1: 369- 399; 576; 578; 580; 582; 584.
  4. ↑ Berger, L.A. Note sur quelques Papilionidae du Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale.Lambillionea 72-73 (9-10): 69-76.
  5. ↑ Cottrell, C.B. 1963. Two new subspecies of Papilio jacksoni E. Sharpe (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Tanganyika and the northern Rhodesia-Nyasaland border. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London(B) 32: 125-128.


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