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The Dead Leaf Butterfly - Camouflage King of the Asian Tropics

Sunday, 1 July 2018

Although the title of this article has already given the game away, take a close look at the ‘leaf’ above. Dead and withered, its dark veins still stretch across the parchment thin remains of its once emerald resplendence. Yet a closer look reveals a head, eyes and legs. This isn’t at all what it appears to be – and that is exactly how nature intended.

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This incredible butterfly can be found – if you look hard enough – from India to Japan; anywhere in the Asian tropics. Its taxonomic name is Kallima inachus but it is also known as the orange oakleaf or Indian oakleaf. Unsurprisingly, its most common name is the dead leaf butterfly. This disguise (mimesis) is intended to confound predators – you can’t eat what you can’t see. Yet just wait and see what appears once it opens its wings…

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The Dead Leaf Butterfly - Camouflage King of the Asian Tropics

Sunday, 1 July 2018

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