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Common name: Common Rose.
Latin name: Pachliopta aristolochiae asteris.
Wingspan: about 9–11cm.
Range: Sri Lanka and India to central China, the Riu Kiu Islands, through Sundaland to the Philippines and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Habitat: secondary growth and forest fringe.
Food plant: Aristolochia tagala.

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The Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae asteris)
Pachliopta aristolochiae asteris
The Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae asteris).
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This page revised on 31 May 2003. Copyright © Chin Fah Shin.
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