Doleschallia

Doleschallia is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae. With their wings closed Doleschallia resemble dead leaves. Another Indo-Australian genus Kallima, and the African genera Kamilla, Mallika and Kallimoides are collectively known as dead leaf butterflies. They have a pronounced wing apex, and the hindwing tornus is extended and forms a short tail. This shape, together with the dead-leaf colouration, complete with a "midrib", and markings which resemble patches of mould and leaf galls gives the butterfly a remarkable resemblance to an attached or fallen dead leaf.

Doleschallia
Doleschallia bisaltide
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Kallimini
Genus: Doleschallia
C. & R. Felder, 1860
Species

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Species and subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Doleschallia bisaltide (Cramer, [1777]) – autumn leaf
    • Doleschallia bisaltide bisaltide
    • Doleschallia bisaltide apameia Fruhstorfer
    • Doleschallia bisaltide australis C. & R. Felder, 1867
    • Doleschallia bisaltide cethega Fruhstorfer
    • Doleschallia bisaltide ceylonica Fruhstorfer – Sri Lanka
    • Doleschallia bisaltide continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1899
    • Doleschallia bisaltide denisi (Viette 1950) – New Caledonia[2]
    • Doleschallia bisaltide gurelca Grose-Smith
    • Doleschallia bisaltide herrichi Butler – New Hebrides
    • Doleschallia bisaltide indica Moore, 1899
    • Doleschallia bisaltide menexema Fruhstorfer
    • Doleschallia bisaltide montrouzieri Butler – New Hebrides
    • Doleschallia bisaltide nasica Fruhstorfer, 1907
    • Doleschallia bisaltide nigromarginata Joicey and Noakes, 1915
    • Doleschallia bisaltide philippines Fruhstorfer
    • Doleschallia bisaltide polibete (Cramer, [1779])
    • Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa C. & R. Felder, 1860
    • Doleschallia bisaltide rennellensis Howarth
    • Doleschallia bisaltide scapus Fruhstorfer
    • Doleschallia bisaltide sciron Godman & Salvin
    • Doleschallia bisaltide siamensis Fruhstorfer, 1912
    • Doleschallia bisaltide tenimberensis Fruhstorfer
    • Doleschallia bisaltide tualensis Fruhstorfer
  • Doleschallia browni Salvin & Godman, 1877
    • Doleschallia browni browni
    • Doleschallia browni scotina Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Doleschallia comrii Godman & Salvin, 1878 – Fergusson Island
  • Doleschallia dascon Godman & Salvin, 1880 – New Guinea
    • Doleschallia dascon dascan
    • Doleschallia dascon dasconides Fruhstorfer, 1903New Guinea
  • Doleschallia dascylus Godman & Salvin, 1880
    • Doleschallia dascylus dascylus
    • Doleschallia dascylus anicetus Fruhstorfer, 1915
    • Doleschallia dascylus endascylus Fruhstorfer, 1903
    • Doleschallia dascylus phalinus Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Doleschallia hexophthalmos (Gmelin, 1790) – New Guinea, Moluccas
    • Doleschallia hexophthalmos hexophthalmos
    • Doleschallia hexophthalmos areus Fruhstorfer, 1907
    • Doleschallia hexophthalmos donus Fruhstorfer, 1915
    • Doleschallia hexophthalmos gaius Fruhstorfer, 1912
    • Doleschallia hexophthalmos kapaurensis Fruhstorfer, 1899
    • Doleschallia hexophthalmos solus Fruhstorfer, 1912
    • Doleschallia hexophthalmos varus Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Doleschallia melana Staudinger, 1886 – Moluccas
  • Doleschallia nacar (Boisduval, 1832)
    • Doleschallia nacar nacar
    • Doleschallia nacar trachelus Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Doleschallia noorna Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893
    • Doleschallia noorna noorna
    • Doleschallia noorna antimia Fruhstorfer, 1912
    • Doleschallia noorna demetria Fruhstorfer, 1912
    • Doleschallia noorna fulva Joicey & Noakes, 1915
    • Doleschallia noorna lyncurion Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Doleschallia polibete (Cramer, [1779])
    • Doleschallia polibete celebensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 – Sulawesi, Talaud, Togian, Salayar, Buton, Galla, Kalao
    • Doleschallia polibete sulaensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 – Sula
    • Doleschallia polibete maturitas Tsukada, 1985
  • Doleschallia rickardi Grose-Smith, 1890
  • Doleschallia tongana Hopkins, 1927 – Polynesia and Melanesia
    • Doleschallia tongana tongana
    • Doleschallia tongana vomana Fruhstorfer – Fiji

References
  1. "Doleschallia C. & R. Felder, 1860" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. endemia.nc


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