Kallimoides rumia African Leaf Butterfly AFRICA

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African Leaf Butterfly

Format: Unmounted, papered, wings folded, requires relaxing and setting

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SKU: WB14661

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 linkWikipediaCaptive Breeding

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