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I encountered this lovely leaf-mimicking butterfly at the National Butterfly Center in the LRGV of Texas on 19 October 2006.
Tropical Leafwing (Goatweed Leafwing) - Anaea aidea
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Edit. The butterfly appears to be taking fluid from a damaged area (or a scale insect or aphid?) on this twig. Note the weevil on the right.
Tenerife.
Icod, the Butterfly Garden.
Mariposario del Drago.
www.mariposario.com/English/index.html
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 rear 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.
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Radisson Summit Hotel & Golf butterfly enclosure near Panama City, Panama. [P1420208]
The Tiger Leafwing, also known as the Tiger-striped Leafwing, is found all over the Neotropics. This is the most common and well known species of the genus Consul of the subfamily Charaxinae in the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). It belongs to the tribe Anaeini, whose wing undersides usually mimic dead leaves.
a.k.a. Silver-studded Leafwing Butterfly or Jazzy Leafwing (Hypna clytemnestra), native to the Americas.
And, a Goatweed Leafwing it is. I guess I lucked out on this one because I have not seen these. Thanks for all the help.
"Papillons en fête" (21ème édition), fleuriste jardin Hamel,
L' Ancienne-Lorette (Québec), Québec, Canada.
Whenever I look at this shot of a one-spotted preopona (Archaeoprepona demophon), also known as the banded king shoemaker, my brain sees the spot on the center of the wing and tell me there is a water drop there. Do you see it as well?
This species is cool-looking with its brightly red proboscis, but the really spectacular part is the dorsal side of the wings which is matte black with an intensely metallic turquoise band on each wing. Unfortunately, these ones are quite shy about showing this one - typically if is just a rapid open-close thing and then back to invisible again.
Here is a shot of one with one wing having dried a bit crumpled which lets us see a glimpse of the colour: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51995004541/
The background here is a pineapple which the butterfly was enjoying. The fruit (pineapples, oranges, bananas) start to ferment in the heat which sometimes produces alcohol and it isn't impossible that the butterflies on occasion become a bit intoxicated by it.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53652261292/
I've known this species as the silver-studded leafwing (Hypna clytemnestra), but it turns out it has two more English names: The marbled leafwing makes sense but how about the jazzy leafwing"?
I have no idea what is jazzy about this one, but I think it is an awesome name for sure!
One detail on this is that if you zoom in on the eye, it looks like it has part of the chrysalis still stuck there. I wouldn't think it would pose any issue for the jazzy one here though.
When trying my co-worker's Canon R6 out at the butterfly, I found and photographed this tiger leafwing (Consul fabius), a species which I haven't seen before (or since).
The tiger part of the name comes from the orange and black dorsal side of the wings which of course is hidden out of sight here.
The Goatweed Leafwing Butterfly (Scudder 1875) is an attractive, fascinating, and widespread species that us not often observed by the general public because of it's cryptic coloration, in the Nymphalidae butterfly family, has an underside that looks like a dead leaf. Adults play dead when handled (Scott 1986). This species provides dramatic examples of adaptive coloration and behavior to escape predators in both the larval and adult stages. The host plant for this butterfly is the Goatweed (Croton capitatum), Texas croton, and prairie tea all in the spurge family. Wing span is 2 3/8 - 3 1/4 inches. Eggs are laid singly under host plant leaves; caterpillars eat leaves. A caterpillar changed shelters as it grows: first it perches on a leaf midvein, then lives in the shelter of a folded leaf, and finally rests in a folded up leaf. Adults hibernate then mate in the Spring. The habitat is deciduous woods and scrub, especially along waterways; open fields, roadsides, railroad tracks and other places.
Orion Cecropian or "Stinky Leafwing" (Historis odius dious)
Via Podocarpus, Copalinga Road, Parque nacional de Podocarpus, Copalinga, Provincia de Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador
Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae, Coeini.
Good morning. Just a single posting of a Question Mark Butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) I captured yesterday on top of a trimmed (or broken) branch limb at the pond across the street. I saw it by accident and it was the only shot I was able to get before it flew off.
Question Marks are part of an association of butterflies commonly known as "anglewings," which have sharply angled wings. When folded at rest, the undersides resemble dead leaves or pieces of bark. This group includes anglewings, tortoiseshells, commas, question marks, leafwings, snouts and daggerwings. Habitat includes deciduous woods, forest clearings & edges, and open woodlands.
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ISO100, aperture f/5.6, exposure .008 seconds (1/125) focal length 200mm
Siderone galanthis, the Scarlet Leafwing or Red-striped Leafwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico to southern Brazil. The habitat consists deciduous and evergreen forests at altitudes up to 900 meters.
Adults have been recorded imbibing mineralized moisture from the ground. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Casearia sylvestris and Zuelania quidonia
Red-striped Leafwing
Siderone nemesis
A somewhat unusual butterfly for my area and a first for me as well. Didn't get much of a chance for a good frame as it was gone before I could get as close as I'd like with my 150mm bug lens. In spite of all that I'll keep this anyway as it's also my first Leafwing of any kind.
Here is a closeup on a rather striking leafwing butterfly drinking from a pineapple at the Haga Ocean butterfly house.
The species is known as the pearl emperor (Charaxes varanes) and other names include Karkloof emperor and pearl charaxes.
It didn't was to leave the pinapple chunk so I never got to photograph (or even see) the dorsal side of the wings which made identification difficult, but I got help from a friendly Redditor who recognised it. Hopefully I'l be able to snap a shot of the white and orange dorsal side later, though I read they really prefer to sit with their wings closed.
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Indian Leafwing butterfly at Whipsnade Zoo
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Doleschallia bisaltide, commonly known as the Autumn Leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in India, also found in Australia where they are known as Leafwing.
Autumn Leaf is nectaring on Chaya. Chaya is a little known leafy green vegetable of dry regions of the tropics. The name comes from the Mayan chay. Other common names are tree spinach, chaya col, kikilchay, and chaykeken.
Doleschallia bisaltide or Autumn leaf
Doleschallia bisaltide, commonly known as the Autumn Leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in India, also found in Australia where they are known as Leafwing.
Autumn Leaf is nectaring on Chaya. Chaya is a little known leafy green vegetable of dry regions of the tropics. The name comes from the Mayan chay. Other common names are tree spinach, chaya col, kikilchay, and chaykeken.
Doleschallia bisaltide or Autumn leaf
This is the one of the first shots from when I tried using my Laowa 15mm f/4 Macro lens. As the "15mm" part implies this is a wide angle macro lens and I'm hoping it will offer some new views compared to normal macro lenses.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52158294196/
For two BTS shots of how insanely close you need to get to the subject, have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52158533169/ and here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52329566739/ - This is the resulting shot of that framing! Looking at the lens in that shot, I can tell that this shot was taken at f/11 and 0.4:1 magnification.
The subject here is an autumn leaf (Doleschallia bisaltide), also known as the leafwing. With the wings folded up it really look like a dead leaf, but for me, it just wanted to sit with the wings open like this.
Another close shot using a more "normal" macro lens here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52267324873/