''Doleschallia'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

of the

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Nymphalinae The Nymphalinae are a subfamily of brush-footed butterflies (family (biology), family Nymphalidae). Sometimes, the subfamilies Limenitidinae, and Biblidinae are included here as subordinate tribe (biology), tribe(s), while the tribe Melitaeini is ...

in 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 ha ...

. With their wings closed ''Doleschallia'' resemble dead leaves. Another Indo-Australian genus ''

Kallima ''Kallima'', known as the oakleaf or oak leaf butterflies, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae. They are found in east, south and southeast Asia. Their common name is a reference to the lower surface ...

'', and the African genera ''

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'', '' Mallika'' and ''

Kallimoides ''Kallimoides'' is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, ''Kallimoides rumia'', the African leaf butterfly. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Bioko, Came ...

'' are collectively known as dead leaf butterflies. They are medium to large (wingspan 60 – 120 mm) 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. The upper side, on the other hand, is often quite colourful, with black, orange and metallic blue as the dominant colours. There is often a marked difference between the sexes in the colour of the upper side. Some species also have somewhat different dry season and rainy season forms. The larvae are spiny and often quite colourful.

Species and subspecies

Listed alphabetically:"''Doleschallia'' C. & R. Felder, 1860"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * '' Doleschallia bisaltide'' (Cramer, 777 – 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 Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

**''Doleschallia bisaltide continentalis'' Fruhstorfer, 1899 **''Doleschallia bisaltide denisi'' (Viette 1950) –

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

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/ref> **''Doleschallia bisaltide gurelca'' Grose-Smith **''Doleschallia bisaltide herrichi'' Butler –

New Hebrides New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium () and named after the Hebrides in Scotland, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu. Native people had inhabited the islands for three th ...

**''Doleschallia bisaltide indica'' Moore, 1899 **''Doleschallia bisaltide menexema'' Fruhstorfer **''Doleschallia bisaltide montrouzieri'' Butler –

**''Doleschallia bisaltide nasica'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 **''Doleschallia bisaltide nigromarginata'' Joicey and Noakes, 1915 **''Doleschallia bisaltide philippines'' Fruhstorfer **''Doleschallia bisaltide polibete'' (Cramer,

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**''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 Fergusson Island is the largest island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea. It has an area of , and mostly consists of mountainous regions, covered by rain forests. There are three large volcanoes on the island. Fergusson Island ...

* '' Doleschallia dascon'' Godman & Salvin, 1880 –

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

**''Doleschallia dascon dascan'' **''Doleschallia dascon dasconides'' Fruhstorfer, 1903

*'' 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) –

Moluccas The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located in West Melanesi ...

**''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 –

* '' 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,

**''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 rickardi rickardi'' –

New Britain New Britain () is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi Island, Umboi the Dampie ...

**''Doleschallia rickardi pfeili'' Honrath, 1892 – New Ireland * '' Doleschallia tongana'' Hopkins, 1927 –

Polynesia Polynesia ( , ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians. They have many things in ...

and

Melanesia Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from New Guinea in the west to the Fiji Islands in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea. The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Vanu ...

**''Doleschallia tongana tongana'' **''Doleschallia tongana vomana'' Fruhstorfer –

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

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Kallimini Butterfly genera Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Nymphalinae-stub