Pachliopta aristolochiae (Common Rose)
Pachliopta aristolochiae, also called Common Rose is a very nice butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1775 by Fabricius. With a wingspan of 9.0 – 10.0 cm the Common Rose is a small member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. The butterfly is black with white and red spots. Hind wings have tails. Common Rose is a good exemplar for sexual dimorphism.
Photos for easy identification
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These are nice photos of Pachliopta aristolochiae (Common Rose) (female). Pachliopta aristolochiae is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia).
Description
The forewings are black, but in large part whitish with black veins.
The underside is a copy of upside.
The hind wings are black and have tails. The margin is ridged. At the margin there is a chain of dark-red spots. In the middle of wing there is a white area, which is divided by black veins.
The underside is a copy of upside, but red spots are brighter than upside.
The body is black, but the opisthosoma is reddish.
Sex differences: The male is smaller than female and has no white on wings. Furthermore it has no red spots on upside of hind wings.
Distribution
The Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae) is a butterfly of the Palaearctic ecozone (Asia) and Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The distribution enfolded Java, Celebes, Philippines and extend from Vietnam to India and the East of China.
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Larval food
Aristolochia
General information
The first description of this butterfly was in 1775 by Fabricius. There are many subspecies.
- Pachliopta aristolochiae adaeus [Rothschild]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae adamas [Zinken]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae antiphulus [Fruhstorfer]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae antiphus [Fabricius]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae antissa [Jordan]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae asteris [Rothschild, 1908]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae austrosundanus [Rothschild]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae balinus [Frushtorfer]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae camorta [Moore]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae ceylonica [Moore]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae floresianus [Rothschild]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae goniopeltis [Rothschild, 1908]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae interpositus [Fruhstorfer]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae kondulana [Evans]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae kotzebuea [Eschscholtz]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae lombockensis [Rothschild]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae philippus [Semper]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae poseidippus [Fruhstorfer]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae sawi [Evans]
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Here you can see the male of Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae).
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Here you can see another exemplar of Pachliopta aristolochiae (male).
Protection provisions / Red List
- CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):
-no entry- (as at 23.06.2005) - EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora
-no entry- (as at 19.08.2005) - IUCN Red List of threatened species:
-no entry- (as at 2004) (see: www.redlist.org/)
Similar and closely-related species
Scientific name
Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricius 1775
(in some publications Atrophaneura aristolochiae)
Synonym
Common Rose
Gewöhnliche Rose
Classification / Taxonomy / Family tree
- Kingdom: ANIMALIA
- Phylum: ARTHROPODA
- Class: INSECTA
- Order: LEPIDOPTERA
- Suborder: DITRYSIA
- Superfamily: PAPILIONOIDEA
- Family: PAPILIONIDAE
- Subfamilie: PAPILIONINAE
- Tribe: TROIDINI
- Genus: PACHLIOPTA
- Specific name: ARISTOLOCHIAE
