''Papilio jacksoni'', the Jackson's swallowtail, is a

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of the family

Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...

. It is found in

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. The female adults

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Description

"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 Robert Herbert Carcasson (5 December 1918, in Cheltenham, UK – 23 September 1982, in Victoria, B.C., Canada) was an English entomologist who specialised in butterflies, but also authored two field guides to tropical fishes. He joined the Coryn ...

, 1960).

Subspecies

*''Papilio jacksoni jacksoni'' (Kenya (highlands), eastern Uganda) *''Papilio jacksoni ruandana'' Le Cerf, 1924 (Zaire, eastern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi) *''Papilio jacksoni hecqui'' Berger, 1954 (north-eastern Zaire) *''Papilio jacksoni kungwe'' Cottrell, 1963 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. (western Tanzania) *''Papilio jacksoni nyika'' Cottrell, 1963 (Nyika Plateau in northern Malawi and eastern Zambia) *''Papilio jacksoni imatonga'' Clifton & Collins, 1997 (Imatong Mountains in south-western Sudan)

Taxonomy

''Papilio jacksoni'' is a member of the ''echerioides''

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Papilio echerioides ''Papilio echerioides'', the white-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The wingspan is 65–75 mm. It has two flight periods, first from January to March and second from Septem ...

'' Trimen, 1868 *'' Papilio fuelleborni'' Karsch, 1900 *''Papilio jacksoni'' Sharpe, 1891 *''

Papilio sjoestedti ''Papilio sjoestedti'', the Kilimanjaro swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. Description In 1960, Robert Herbert Carcasson wrote: "Male very similar to above (''fulle ...

'' Aurivillius, 1908

Etymology

It was named for the collector

Frederick John Jackson Sir Frederick John Jackson, (17 February 1860 – 3 February 1929) was an English administrator, explorer and ornithologist. Early years Jackson was born at Oran Hall, near Catterick, North Yorkshire in 1860. He attended Shrewsbury School ...

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

*Carcasson, R.H., 1960 "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". ''Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society'
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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). *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

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of London'' (B) 32: 125-128.

External links

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Two New Subspecies of ''Papilio jacksoni'' E. Sharpe (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) From Tanganyika and the Northern Rhodesia-Nyasaland Border
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