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Dead Leaf butterfly (dry-season form)

Kallima inachus

Description:

extremely well camouflaged butterfly.

Habitat:

butterfly garden

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ashish
Ashish 11 years ago
Orange Oakleaf, Indian Dead Leaf
Kallima inachus Kallima inachus


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45 Comments (1–25)

Tristan Pragnell
Tristan Pragnell 9 years ago

Great Shot!

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 11 years ago

Nice photo and very unique butterfly. Yes indeed, it is very camouflaged butterfly. Very nice.

patty
patty 11 years ago

you actually expressed it in the name =)

patty
patty 11 years ago

Great picture and spotting antimatterhands =) Now, butterflies are usually seen in spring, why do they camouflage like autumn leaves? Seems a bit off seasonal....
Greetings

antimatterhands
antimatterhands 11 years ago

yea i had to double take when i saw it

travellingchez
travellingchez 11 years ago

Wow great spot. I don't know if I'd have realised it was a butterfly.

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

definitely.

Dina
Dina 11 years ago

Amazing!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

This is the best dead leaf mimic I have ever seen!

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

heehee thx carol

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

I missed the blog. Just discovered it. Great job! Congrats!

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

yayyy thanks :)

LuckyLogan
LuckyLogan 11 years ago

Amazing.

Matthijs
Matthijs 11 years ago

fantastic spotting!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congratulations Eric, this awesome spotting is featured in the Project Noah today, which is on "Masters of Disguise"! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/2990181...

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

Oakleaf butterfly!

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

ty

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow this incredible how do i miss it great spotting :)

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

added a photo

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

ty

drmo
drmo 11 years ago

Awesome spotting

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

haha thx yea i didnt see it at first. :)

Peyton Irby
Peyton Irby 11 years ago

That is amazing how did you even spot it I probably wouldn't have seen it.

arlanda
arlanda 11 years ago

very impressive!

athompson991279
athompson991279 11 years ago

Omg! That is the coolest butterfly I've ever seen! That's my fav butterfly now! ;)

antimatterhands
Spotted by
antimatterhands

Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Spotted on Jun 15, 2012
Submitted on Jun 15, 2012

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