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Tiger-striped Leafwing at the Ecocentro Danaus, La Fortuna, Costa Rica, 110210. Consul fabius cecrops, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae, Anaeini.
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.Kallima paralekta, commonly known as the Indian Leafwing or the Malayan Leafwing, is a species of brush-footed butterfly of the genus Kallima. Despite its common names, it is not found in India or Malaysia, but is endemic to Java and Sumatra of Indonesia. Like other members of its genus, it is remarkable for its strong resemblance to a dead leaf when its wings are folded. It was one of the species encountered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in his travels in maritime Southeast Asia. It is mentioned in his famous 19th-century work The Malay Archipelago as one of the best examples of protective camouflage achieved through natural selection.
Tropical Leafwing at the National Butterfly Center, Mission, TX. 121223. Anaea aidea. Nymphalidae: Charaxinae.
Goatweed Leafwing butterfly, Anaea andria, W.G. Jones State Forest, Montgomery County, Texas, 7 July 2012.
Ventral side (shown here) is leaf-like, gray and brown. Dorsal side is orange!
Stinky Leafwing (Historis odius) on a rotten banana at Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo, Ecuador. Also called an Orion Cecropian.
Here's a different one: a nontoxic butterfly, not related to any of the preceding "tigers" but presumably protected by its coloration.
Photographed at Falcon State Park, Texas, on 4 November 2017.
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