''Kallima limborgii'', the Peninsular Malaya leaf butterfly, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
of the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
. It is found in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
,
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
and southern
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
.
The larvae feed on ''
Strobilanthes callosus
''Strobilanthes callosa'' ''(Synonym: Carvia callosa (Nees) Bremek)'' is a shrub found mainly in the low lying hills of the Western Ghats, all along the west coast of India. '' and ''
Pseuderanthemum malabaricum
''Pseuderanthemum'' is a genus of plants in family Acanthaceae with a pantropical distribution.
Species
The following 130 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online
* '' Pseuderanthemum alatum''
* '' Pseuderanthemum albiflorum''
* ...
''.
Subspecies
*''Kallima limborgii limborgii'' – (Thailand, southern Burma)
*''Kallima limborgii amplirufa''
Fruhstorfer, 1898 – Leaf butterfly (Peninsular Malaya)
References
Kallimini
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
Butterflies described in 1879
Butterflies of Asia
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