Kallima Inachus: The Butterfly That Pretends to be a Dead Leaf

A walk through the forests and rainforests of Southeast Asia may bring us a curious surprise. Perhaps at a certain moment while walking we notice that, suddenly, a dry and wilted leaf rises from the ground and flies away as if it were nothing, leaving us wondering how it is possible.

Of course, it's not about magic or anything like that, but a Kallima inachus , a butterfly that can be found in a wide habitat that goes from India to Japan and is one of the best examples of animal camouflage in nature.

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A Dead Leaf (Kallima inachus) in the butterfly house of Maximilianpark Hamm, Germany. Photo: Quartl/Wikimedia

Source: amusingplanet.com

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