Pachliopta kotzebuea

Pachliopta kotzebuea, the pink rose, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). It is found in the Philippines.[2]

Pink rose
Scientific classification
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[1]

Food plants include birthwort (Aristolochia) species.[3]

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 1815–1818.

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))

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


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