Genus Kallima Rank Species | ||
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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;