Kallima
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| Kallima philarchus, Ceylon Blue Oakleaf | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Genus: | Kallima Doubleday, 1849 |
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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.
[edit] Selected species[1][2]
- Kallima albofasciata (Moore, 1877) – Andaman Oakleaf
- Kallima alompra (Moore, 1879) – Scarce Blue Oak Leaf
- Kallima buxtoni (Moore, 1879)
- Kallima horsfieldi (Kollar, 1844) – South Indian Blue Oakleaf
- Kallima inachus (Boisduval, 1846) – Orange Oakleaf or Indian Oakleaf
- Kallima limborgii (Moore, 1879) – Peninsular Malaya Leaf Butterfly
- Kallima knyvetti (de Nicéville, 1886) – Oakleaf
- Kallima paralekta (Horsfield, 1829) – Indian Leafwing
- Kallima philarchus (Westwood, 1848) – Ceylon Blue Oakleaf
- Kallima spiridiva (Grose-Smith, 1885)
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