The Forested Path (and Beyond): BUTTERFLIES of RAUB: The Common Rose, Pachliopta (Pachliopta) aristolochiae asteris (Rothschlid)

Friday, May 31, 2013

The Common Rose, Pachliopta (Pachliopta) aristolochiae asteris (Rothschlid)

This is a fairly common butterfly in the lower elevations and can be seen often in villages, on road side bushes as well as the wooded countries. They are also keen puddlers especially in the earlier hours of the morning where single specimens can be seen puddling on moist spots along jungle paths or village roads (I have seen one puddling on a moist spot next to the village farmer's market at Kuala Medang).

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences [S1-S3 unless stated], H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
	S	S	S	S	S

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
			S	S	S	S	S	S

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
				S1	S1(H)

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2019
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
		S			S	S

2020
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

14 April 2013 @ 14:06

Above 4 photos taken on 29 May 2013 @ 12:39

This is a rather pale rose-coloured specimen taken on 29 May 2013 @ 11:29

A mating pair photographed on 16 August 2013 @ 10:00.

01 March 2014 @ 11:53

20 April 2014 @ 11:23

06 Dec 2014 @ 11:48

19 June 2016 @ 11:57

This butterfly is the subject of mimicry of the Common Mormon, Papilio polytes romulus (Cramer), argued in some as the classical Batesian mimicry since only the mimic benefited from the model's distastefulness (which the model has to be more numbrous than the mimics) but in general, the model (the Common Rose) is definitely rarer than the mimics (the female form of the Common Mormon).