Orange Oakleaf (Kallima Inachis)
 Kallima inachis have brown wings, which have blue lustre. In the
middle of its forewings, there is an orange wide stripe. There is a white speck under its
head and a transparent spot in it. Most of the hind wings are purple with a whitish hind
edge. The underside of the wings is yellowish. When it is quite, there is a brown vertical
stripe in-between the tip of its fore wings and the end of its hind wings. On both sides
of the vertical stripe, there are some inclining stripes, which look like the veins of
leaves. The color and stripes in the underside wings are different in different seasons.
Kallima inachis is a famous mimicry insect and is widely collected by butterfly
collectors. This kind of butterfly is less in number. They have bright colors. They fly in
forests and they may stop flying suddenly. If they stay in branches of trees or tree
trunks, it will be very difficult for people to differentiate them from withered leaves.
Adult butterflies can fly very high and very quickly, plus mimicry, it is very difficult
to catch them. Their wingspan is 70-95 mm and they distribute in Shanxi, Sichuan, Jiangxi,
Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan, Hainan, Guangxi, Yuannan and Tibet.
 
|
