Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775) - Common Rose

Subspecies in India

(1) Pachliopta aristolochiae aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775) – Indian Common Rose
(2) Pachliopta aristolochiae goniopeltis (Rothschild, 1908) – Indo-Chinese Common Rose
(3) Pachliopta aristolochiae sawi (Evans, 1932) – Car Nicobar Common Rose
(4) Pachliopta aristolochiae camorta (Moore, 1877) – Camorta Common Rose
(5) Pachliopta aristolochiae kondulana (Evans, 1932) – Kondul Common Rose

Conservation and Special status

This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT13
Andhra Pradesh111231
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam1323
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh111
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT1
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi1212
Goa1
Gujarat12
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka132238510111164
Kerala13312141333745
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1152
Maharashtra334555222313181324
Manipur
Meghalaya13
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu1113
Tripura11
Uttar Pradesh1333
Uttarakhand12
West Bengal23512111645
Total49815162234464561463338
Aristolochia (Robinson et al. 2010), Aristolochia bracteolata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Aristolochia griffithii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Aristolochia indica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Aristolochia tagala (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Thottea siliquosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Aristolochiaceae). Bragantia wallichii (=Thottea wallichii, see a note under Bragantia wallichii) (Robinson et al. 2010) (Aristolochiaceae). Dioscorea wallichii (Robinson et al. 2010) (Dioscoreaceae) has also been reported but this is clearly in error due to the confusion surrounding the name wallichii, which has variously been placed under Thottea and Bragantia.

Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.

For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.

 

Page citation

Bhakare, M., K. Saji, S. Mazumder, and Swathi H. A 2024. Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Rose. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/pachliopta-aristolochiae, accessed 2024/03/28.