Papilio mechowi is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae found in Africa.

The outer edge of the forewing discal band is more curved in mechowi.

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.

Hindwing sharply angled at vein 4; a continuous pale yellow median band in male broken into large internervular spots in forewing.

In the lower and denser forests of the Congo it is replaced by P.gallienus Distant, with which it has been confused."

P. mechowi was named for Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow.