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MacKinnon's Swallowtail

Papilio mackinnoni

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

MacKinnon's Swallowtail, Papilio mackinnoni is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio. Papilionidae family.

Habitat:

Seen with several other species of butterflies, mud-puddling on a dirt road leading to the Congo, deeper in the forest than the other spottings.

Notes:

Picked this butterfly out from a group of mud-puddling Papilioninae.

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Papilio mackinnoni

Species ID Suggestions

MacKinnon's Swallowtail

Papilio mackinnoni

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