Kallima paralekta

Kallima paralekta
Male, upperside
Female, upperside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Kallima
Species:	K. paralekta
Binomial name
Kallima paralekta (Horsfield, [1829])
Subspecies
Kallima paralekta paralekta (Horsfield, [1829]) Kallima paralekta tribonia Fruhstorfer, 1910
Synonyms[1]
Paphia paralekta Horsfield, [1829]

Kallima paralekta, the Indian leafwing or Malayan leafwing, is a species of brush-footed butterfly of the genus Kallima. Despite its common names, it is not found in India or Malaysia, but is endemic to Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. Like other members of its genus, it is remarkable for its strong resemblance to a dead leaf when its wings are folded. It was one of the species encountered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in his travels in maritime Southeast Asia. It is mentioned in his famous 19th-century work The Malay Archipelago as one of the best examples of protective camouflage achieved through natural selection.