| Pink Rose | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Atrophaneura |
| Species: | A. kotzebuea |
| Binomial name | |
| Atrophaneura kotzebuea (Eschscholtz, 1821) |
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The Pink Rose (Atrophaneura kotzebuea) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in the Philippines.[1]
Food plants include Aristolochia species.[2]
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.