Kallima albofasciata
| Andaman Oakleaf | |
|---|---|
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| Female (above and side view) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Kallima |
| Species: | K. albofasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Kallima albofasciata | |
Kallima albofasciata is a species of oakleaf butterfly found in the Andaman Islands.
Description
Males and females upperside blue. Fore wing with a broad pure while obliquely-placed discal sinuous band, its inner margin defined in black along the discocellulars and base of interspace 3, with a round black hyaline-centred spot in interspace 2; the width of this discal band decreases posteriorly ; measured on the costal margin its outer edge is at a distance greater than half the length of the wing from base ; apical area beyond discal band black with a preapical white spot, larger in the female than in the male - Hind wing with the costal margin and apex broadly, and the abdominal fold pale earthy brown. Fore and hind wings with the usual sub-terminal dark zigzag line. Underside as in Kallima inachus. Antennae black; head, thorax and abdomen dark indigo-blue: beneath, the palpi, thorax and abdomen earthy brown.[1]
Expanse 96–112 mm.
References
- ↑ Bingham, C. T. 1905. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies. Vol 1