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Pachliopta kotzebuea

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Species of butterfly

Pink rose
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Pachliopta
Species: P. kotzebuea
Binomial name
Pachliopta kotzebuea
(Eschscholtz, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Papilio kotzebuea Escholtz, 1821
  • Atrophaneura kotzebuea
  • Pachliopta aristolochiae kotzebuea Escholtz, 1821

Pachliopta kotzebuea, the pink rose, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). It is found in the Philippines.

Food plants include birthwort (Aristolochia) species.

Etymology

The species was named for Otto von Kotzebue, commander of the Russian expeditionary ship Rurik. Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz served as physician and naturalist aboard the Rurik on a circumnavigational voyage from 1815 to 1818.

Underside

Subspecies

  • P. k. bilara (Page & Treadaway, 1995) (Philippines (Bohol, Cebu))
  • P. k. deseilus (Fruhstorfer, 1911) (Philippines (Mindoro, Marinduque, Masbate, Ticao, Panay, Negros, Sibuyan Islands))
  • P. k. kotzebuea (Philippines (western and central Luzon))
  • P. k. mataconga (Page & Treadaway, 1995) (Philippines (southern Luzon))
  • P. k. philippus (Semper, 1891) (Philippines (Samar, Leyte, Dinagar, Mindanao, Panaon, Camiguin de Mindanao, Siargao, Homonhon, Sarangani))
  • P. k. tindongana (Page & Treadaway, 1995) (Philippines (north-eastern Luzon, Babuyanes))
  • Mating pair Mating pair

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pachliopta aristolochiae ssp. kotzebuea​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. Atrophaneura kotzebuea, funet.fi
  3. Aristolochia, funet.fi
  • Page M.G.P & Treadaway, C.G. (2003). Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the World Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern:Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-45-7
Taxon identifiers
Pachliopta kotzebuea
Papilio kotzebuea


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