# Pachliopta pandiyana-Kadavoor-2016-10-18-001

- By: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India
- Date: 18 October 2016
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pachliopta_pandiyana-Kadavoor-2016-10-18-001.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/f/f1/Pachliopta_pandiyana-Kadavoor-2016-10-18-001.jpg/1920px-Pachliopta_pandiyana-Kadavoor-2016-10-18-001.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Pachliopta pandiyana, Malabar Rose, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the Pachliopta genus, the Roses, or Red-bodied Swallowtails. It resembles the Common Rose (Pachliopta 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.