Atrophaneura Pandiyana
Pachliopta pandiyana
Malabar Rose (Atrophaneura (Pachliopta) pandiyana) is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the Pachliopta subgenus, the Roses, of the genus Atrophaneura or the Red-bodied Swallowtails. It resembles the Common Rose (Atrophaneura aristolochiae) from which it can be differentiated by the much larger white patch on its hindwings.
It is an important endemic butterfly of South India.
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