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Pachliopta kotzebuea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Scientific name
  
Pachliopta kotzebuea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pachliopta

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Pachliopta, Papilio lowi, Pachliopta antiphus, Pachliopta phlegon, Pachliopta mariae

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

Contents

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 1815–1818.

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

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