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Phylliini
The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia. Earlier sources treat Phylliidae as a much larger taxon, containing genera in what are presently considered to be several different families.
11 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Pulchriphyllium
genusPulchriphyllium

Cryptophyllium
genusCryptophyllium

Phyllium
genusPhyllium

Trolicaphyllium
genusTrolicaphyllium

Walaphyllium
genusWalaphyllium

Rakaphyllium
genusRakaphyllium

Comptaphyllium
genusComptaphyllium

Chitoniscus
genusChitoniscus

Pseudomicrophyllium
genusPseudomicrophyllium

Microphyllium
genusMicrophyllium

Vaabonbonphyllium
genusVaabonbonphyllium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Phylliini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 536383.