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Kallima inachus (Dead-leaf butterfly)

Synonyms: Kallima formosana

Wikipedia Abstract

Kallima inachus, the orange oakleaf or dead leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia from India to Japan. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark veins and is a spectacular and commonly cited example of camouflage.
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Infraspecies

Kallima inachus acerifolia
Kallima inachus alicia
Kallima inachus boisduvali
Kallima inachus buckleyi
Kallima inachus chinensis
Kallima inachus eucerca
Kallima inachus foliacea
Kallima inachus formosana
Kallima inachus hugelii
Kallima inachus huttoni
Kallima inachus inachus
Kallima inachus marmorata
Kallima inachus ramsayi
Kallima inachus siamensis
Kallima inachus siccifolia
Kallima inachus uredinophora

Prey / Diet

Hygrophila ringens[1]
Lepidagathis formosensis[2]
Persicaria orientalis (princesfeather)[1]
Prunus persica (peach)[1]
Strobilanthes flexicaulis var. tashiroi[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0