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Indian Leafwing

Kallima paralekta

Description:

These butterflies were spotted at a feeding station. My picture taking did not disturb them in the least. Neither opened their wings to let me see the upper side of the wings. Spotted in captivity; see notes.

Habitat:

Indonesia

Notes:

Spotted at the Florida Museum of Natural History Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflies/

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3 Comments

1Sarah2
1Sarah2 12 years ago

There is a bigger family of this type of butterfly than I thought!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Amazing camouflage!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

We call it Oak leaf (Orange and Blue mostly seen) butterfly... Tough to locate...!!

1Sarah2
Spotted by
1Sarah2

Gainesville, Florida

Spotted on Sep 1, 2011
Submitted on Sep 16, 2011

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