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Doleschallia
Doleschallia is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae. With their wings closed Doleschallia resemble dead leaves. Another Indo-Australian genus Kallima, and the African genera Kamilla, Mallika and Kallimoides are collectively known as dead leaf butterflies. They have a pronounced wing apex, and the hindwing tornus is extended and forms a short tail. This shape, together with the dead-leaf colouration, complete with a "midrib", and markings which resemble patches of mould...
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Autumn Leaf
speciesDoleschallia bisaltide
Doleschallia polibete
speciesDoleschallia polibete
Pacific Orange Leafwing
speciesDoleschallia tongana
Doleschallia browni
speciesDoleschallia browni
Doleschallia noorna
speciesDoleschallia noorna
Doleschallia nacar
speciesDoleschallia nacar
Doleschallia hexophthalmos
speciesDoleschallia hexophthalmos
Doleschallia dascon
speciesDoleschallia dascon
Doleschallia melana
speciesDoleschallia melana
Doleschallia gaius
speciesDoleschallia gaius
Doleschallia comrii
speciesDoleschallia comrii
Doleschallia dascylus
speciesDoleschallia dascylus
Doleschallia rickardi
speciesDoleschallia rickardi
Doleschallia ceylonica
speciesDoleschallia ceylonica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 70186.