Orange Oakleaf butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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Kallima inachus, the orange oakleaf, Indian oakleaf or dead leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Tropical Asia from the Republic of India to Japan. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark veins and is a commonly cited example of camouflage.
Wet-season form
Smaller than the dry-season form, but very similar to it. The colours are richer and darker, and the orange discal band more broadly bordered with black on the inner side. On the underside, some of the specimens from areas of heavy rainfall have the ground colour very dark ochraceous brown.
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Distribution
The orange oakleaf is found in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, down to Tenasserim Hills.[2] In Southeast Asia it occurs in southern China, Thailand, Laos, Taiwan, and Vietnam.[3] It has also been recorded from Pakistan in 2000.[citation needed]
In Modern India, the butterfly flies in the Himalayas at low elevations, from the disputed territories of Indianized Jammu and Kashmir, through Garhwal and Kumaon to West Bengal, Sikkim, Southern Tibet, and other states of the northeast. It is also found in central and peninsular India; it flies in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh; i.e. along the central Indian highlands to Pachmarhi and Amarkantak, the Western Ghats south to Bhimashankar, and in the Eastern Ghats north of the river Godavari.[2][4][5]
The status of the butterfly in the Republic of India is that of "National" and is "not rare",[2] while in China, the butterfly is considered "rare".[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Orange Oakleaf butterfly". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Retrieved April 20, 2018.
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- ↑ Qin XM, Guan QX, Zeng DL, Qin F, Li HM (August 2012). "Complete mitochondrial genome of Kallima inachus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae): comparison of K. inachus and Argynnis hyperbius". Mitochondrial DNA. 23 (4): 318–320. doi:10.3109/19401736.2012.684093. PMID 22708853. Unknown parameter
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