Common Rose Butterfly SWAG with some also present in

with some also present in China and Taiwan

the scales of Papilio zalmoxis are not nanostructured for incoherent scattering

Mainland Southeast Asia

and savannas

and has been spotted as far south as Costa Rica

Common Rose Butterfly SWAG with some also present inPachliopta aristolochiae, the common rose, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta, the roses, or red bodied swallowtails. It is a common butterfly which is extensively distributed across south and southeast Asia. The red body, slow peculiar flight, bright colouration and pattern of the wings are meant to indicate to predators that this butterfly is inedible, being well protected by the poisons it has sequestered from its larval