Pachliopta kotzebuea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Pachliopta |
| Species: | P. kotzebuea
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachliopta kotzebuea (Eschscholtz, 1821)
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Pachliopta kotzebuea, the pink rose, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). It is found in the Philippines.[2]
Food plants include birthwort (Aristolochia) species.[3]
Etymology
[edit]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.
Subspecies
[edit]- 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))
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Mating pair
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Atrophaneura kotzebuea, funet.fi
- ^ 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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