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Kallima knyvetti

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Kallima knyvetti

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Kallima

Rank
  
Species

Kallima knyvetti httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Kallima albofasciata, Kallima limborgii, Kallima philarchus, Kallima horsfieldii, Mycalesis lepcha

Kallima knyvetti, the oakleaf, is a species of leaf mimic butterfly found in Southeast Asia.

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Description

Male upperside forewing: basal area to near apex of cell and thence obliquely to the zigzag subterminal line as it crosses interspace 1 dark green,succeeded by a black line along the discocellulars, and a broad sinuous discal band (not curved as in Kallima horsfieldi) bluish white below vein 3, pure white with bluish suffused inner margin above vein 3 to costa; measured on the costal margin, the outer edge of this band less than half the length of the wing from base, the rest of the wing to apex black, with a preapical white spot; a medial discal hyaline spot in interspace 2. Hindwing-dark ochraceous brown, the costal margin and apex broadly and the abdominal fold much paler brown, irrorated with scattered dusky scales; vein 1 and the abdominal fold with long soft brown, hairs. Forewings and hindwings with a dark subterminal zigzag line commencing somewhat below vein 3 on the forewing. Underside as in Kallima inachus protectively coloured. Antennae black; head and thorax anteriorly dark green, thorax posteriorly and abdomen olivaceous brown.

Expanse 108–112 mm.

Distribution

Sikkim; Bhutan: Assam, the Naga hills; Tenasserim;

References

Kallima knyvetti Wikipedia