Kallimoides rumia African Leaf Butterfly AFRICA
£6.95 – £15.95
African Leaf Butterfly
Format: Unmounted, papered, wings folded, requires relaxing and setting
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Description
Description
Taxonomy Identification: Family Nymphalidae, first named by Doubleday in 1849
Colour: (Topside) Black with vivid purple patch and orange bar. The underside of the wings are camouflaged in various shades of brown with small eyelets.
Size: Wingspan 60-70mm
Comments & Applications: A beautiful and seldom offered butterfly from subsaharan Africa with vivid purple sheen on topside wings and eye catching orange bar. Commonly called the African Leaf butterfly due to its leaf-like shape and camouflage colours. This is a sought after collectors species and also popular for framing, domes, artwork, photography, interior design and film.
Format: Unmounted, papered, wings folded, requires relaxing and setting
More information: External link– Wikipedia – Captive Breeding