Kallima

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Kallima
Kallima philarchus, Ceylon Blue Oakleaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Ditrysia Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Nymphalinae Genus: Kallima Doubleday, 1849
Phyciodes species
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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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