Just a Leaf - _TNY_1831
Kallima is a genus of butterflies known as the oakleafs or the oak leaf butterflies. They are some of the most impressive at mimicking leaves, sometimes reaching ridiculously convincing levels.
This one was still hanging underneath its chrysalis, waiting for the wings to harden so it hasn't really gotten the wing positions in order quite yet, but when they do, they really "become" leaves.
I believe there are ten species in the genus and I can't seem to figure out which one of them it is. That unusually thick line on the hind wing throws me. I don't think it is the "common" one, K. inachus, though so we have to settle for Kallima sp. here.
Here is a shot of a Kallima inachus showing what the wings look in camo mode: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54102827756/
Just a Leaf - _TNY_1831
Kallima is a genus of butterflies known as the oakleafs or the oak leaf butterflies. They are some of the most impressive at mimicking leaves, sometimes reaching ridiculously convincing levels.
This one was still hanging underneath its chrysalis, waiting for the wings to harden so it hasn't really gotten the wing positions in order quite yet, but when they do, they really "become" leaves.
I believe there are ten species in the genus and I can't seem to figure out which one of them it is. That unusually thick line on the hind wing throws me. I don't think it is the "common" one, K. inachus, though so we have to settle for Kallima sp. here.
Here is a shot of a Kallima inachus showing what the wings look in camo mode: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54102827756/