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Dead leaf butterfly | Interesting facts | Love nature

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  Dead leaf butterfly If you think that it's just a dead leaf lying on a stone, then I am sorry but you are wrong! It's not a dead leaf but an amazing butterfly specie s popularly known as the Dead leaf butterfly, and you surely know the reason behind it. The perfect combination of visible markings, irregular patterns, darkened veins and the shades of brown, yellow, black, brown and buff, gives it a perfect look of a dried leaf! The dead leaf butterfly is scientifically known as Kallima inachus. It's found in India, Japan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Pakistan and Southern China. The other names of this incredible butterfly specie are the orange oakleaf and the Indian oakleaf butterfly. Don't you think it shows the best example of what known as a wonderful phenomenon,  camouflage? The tiny creature brilliantly fools its predators by attaining a static pose with closed wings and resembles a dead leaf so that they can't find them! The common pre...

Astonishing Butterflies!!

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  Astonishing Butterflies Dead Leaf Butterfly These are also known as Indian leaf Butterfly, native to tropical forest across Asia.  The irregular patterns and veins on the wings make resemblance with a dead leaf 🌿.  Their resemblance with dead leaf help them to easily hide from predators However on the top of its wings showcase several colours- blue, dark brown, white  and orange. Atlas Moth It's the largest moth in the world found in the forests of Asia, in terms of wing surface area 'Atlas' name is mainly given because of map-like patterns found on its wings. The tips of its wings look similar to the head of a deadly cobra 🐍. When threatened, it slowly flaps its wings to imitate snakehead and neck movements to scare the predators. By the way, they don't have a mouth so they are not dangerous 😉. Marbled White This specie is found in grasslands in Britain. It's black and white markings distinguish it from all other species in Britain.  It shows a preferenc...