Kallima
{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}
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{{Automatic_taxobox
| name = Oakleafs
| image = Kallima inachus1.jpg
| image_caption = Kallima inachus, showing the leaf-like appearance of the closed wings, which is typical of the genus.
| image2 =Indian Leaf butterfly (Kallima paralekta) 2.jpg
| image2_caption = Kallima paralekta, male showing the brilliant colors of the upper surfaces of the wings.
| taxon = Kallima
| authority = Doubleday, 1849
| type_species = Paphia paralekta
| type_species_authority = Horsfield, [1829]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms =
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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 lower surface of their wings, which is various shades of brown like a dead leaf.
When the wings are held closed, this results in a remarkable masquerade of a dead leaf, further emphasized by their wing shape.{{cite book |last1=Cott |first1=Hugh |authorlink=Hugh B. Cott |title=Adaptive Coloration in Animals |date=1940 |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=318–320}}
Taxonomy
This genus has traditionally also included a number of African species, but they are now usually placed in Kallimoides, Junonia (alternatively in Kamilla) and Mallika. The following species are currently members of the genus Kallima:[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/kallima/#11801 "Kallima Doubleday, [1849]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms{{cite journal|author=Takashi Shirôzu & Akinori Nakanishi|year=1984|title=A revision of the genus Kallima Doubleday (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)|journal=Tyô to Ga|volume=34|issue=3|pages=97–110|url=http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110007707515/en}}
- Kallima albofasciata Moore, 1877 – Andaman oakleaf
- Kallima alompra Moore, 1879 – scarce blue oak leaf
- Kallima buxtoni Moore, 1879
- Kallima horsfieldii (Kollar, 1844) – Sahyadri blue oakleafValappil, B. and K. Saji. 2015. Kallima horsfieldii Kollar, 1844 – Blue Oakleaf. Kunte, K., P. Roy, S. Kalesh and U. Kodandaramaiah (eds.). Butterflies of India, v. 2.20. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/553/Kallima-horsfieldii
- Kallima inachus (Boisduval, 1846) – orange oakleaf, Indian oakleaf, dead leaf
- Kallima limborgii Moore, 1879 – Peninsular Malaya leaf butterfly
- Kallima knyvetti de Nicéville, 1886 – scarce blue oakleaf
- Kallima paralekta (Horsfield, 1829) – Indian leafwing
- Kallima philarchus (Westwood, 1848) – Ceylon blue oakleaf
- Kallima spiridiva Grose-Smith, 1885
Gallery
File:Kallima.philarchus.jpg|Kallima philarchus
File:Kallima paralekta paralekta femelle.jpg|Kallima paralekta female
File:Blue Oakleaf (Kallima horsfieldii).jpg|Kallima horsfieldii
File:Orange oak leaf.JPG|Kallima inachus
File:Kallima.limborgi.tribonia.jpg|Kallima limborgi
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