Kallima limborgii

Kallima limborgii, the Peninsular Malaya leaf butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malaysia, Thailand and southern Burma.

Kallima limborgii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Kallima
Species:
K. limborgii
Binomial name
Kallima limborgii
Moore, 1878[1]
Subspecies
  • Kallima limborgii limborgii
    Moore, 1878
  • Kallima limborgii amplirufa
    Fruhstorfer, 1898
Synonyms
  • Kallima inachus amplirufa
    Fruhstorfer, 1898
  • Kallima inachus limborgi
    Moore, [1879]
  • Kallima limborgi
    Moore, [1879]
  • Kallima paralekta amplirufa
    Fruhstorfer, 1898

The larvae feed on Strobilanthes callosus and Pseuderanthemum malabaricum.

Subspecies
  • Kallima limborgii limborgii – (Thailand, southern Burma)
  • Kallima limborgii amplirufa Fruhstorfer, 1898 – Leaf butterfly (Peninsular Malaya)

References
  1. Kallima limborgii at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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