Biology:Pachliopta kotzebuea

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pink rose
Pachliopta kotzebuea.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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[1]

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

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

  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q2290536 entry