The Butterfly that Pretends to be a Dead Leaf is Kallima inachus

Happy Sunday, Good day and welcome to my blog, wow it’s amazing having you back, you might be wondering why I said happy Sunday, well it’s because I Made this post on a Sunday morning after I spoke with my friend Charles, I thought it’s deemed worthy I share it here too. 

A point in our discussion he made mention of this beautiful creature that captured my attention, I wanted him to tell me more about this butterfly, which he did, most times while walking through the forest, we usually see that suddenly a dry and wilted leaf rises from the ground surface and fries away like it were nothing. I guess I’m taking your mind back to something you might have witnessed times with out numbers. These also leaves us wallowing in thoughts how possible this could be. 

Most times people think it’s magic but it’s not, the butterfly is nothing but Kallima inachus, it can be seen in a wide habitat that goes from India to Japan, and it’s mostly animal camouflage in nature.

When ever a bird pursues it, or any times it feels a sign of danger, it flys away, it will land in the forest and remains there motionless with its eyes closed up, in that matter birds will be unable to find it. These butterfly looks like a dry leaf, perfectly camouflaging itself from its natural enemies. Only the underside markings are visible when when ever it closes its wings.

A spur located on the hindwing looks like a leaf stalk, and the wings angular and taper to a point at the forewings. It’s worthy of note it has  two generations a year, one In rainy reason and the other during the dry season, in the rainy season the butterflies are smaller, but looks more colorful, the females are usually larger than the male ones. 

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Each time this butterfly closes its wings, it looks like a dead leaf is striking and it has a dark narrow band from the top of the forewing to the hindwing. they can be found in India, nepal and Thailand. This butterfly likes sunny places, and often during the day they usually bask on leaves, with their wings half open.  Thanks for reading, if you have any contributions, you can use the comment section.