Doleschallia

Doleschallia
Doleschallia bisaltide
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Genus: Doleschallia
C. & R. Felder, 1860
Species
  • Doleschallia bisaltide
  • Doleschallia browni
  • Doleschallia comrii
  • Doleschallia dascon
  • Doleschallia dascylus
  • Doleschallia hexophthalmos
  • Doleschallia melana
  • Doleschallia nacar
  • Doleschallia noorna
  • Doleschallia polibete
  • Doleschallia rickardi
  • Doleschallia tongana

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 are have a produced 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 and leaf galls gives the butterfly a remarkable resemblance to an attached or fallen dead leaf.

Species and subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[1]

References

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