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Oakleaves
Kallima
Kallima, known as the oakleaf or oak leaf butterflies, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae. They are found in east, south and southeast Asia. Their common name is a reference to the lower surface of their wings, which is various shades of brown. When the wings are held closed, this results in a remarkable similarity to a dead leaf, further emphasized by their wing shape.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Orange Oakleaf
speciesKallima inachus
Sahyadri Blue Oakleaf
speciesKallima horsfieldii
Malayan Oakleaf
speciesKallima limborgii
Kallima incognita
speciesKallima incognita
Ceylon blue oakleaf
speciesKallima philarchus
Malayan leafwing
speciesKallima paralekta
Kallima alicia
speciesKallima alicia
Scarce Blue Oakleaf
speciesKallima knyvettii
Andaman oakleaf
speciesKallima albofasciata
Kallima spiridiva
speciesKallima spiridiva
Kallima alompra
speciesKallima alompra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 67981.