Pachliopta kotzebuea
# Pachliopta kotzebuea

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

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))
* Mating pair
