Doleschallia

Doleschallia is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae. With their wings closed Doleschallia resemble dead leaves. Another Indo-Australian genus Kallima, and the African genera Kamilla, Mallika and Kallimoides are collectively known as dead leaf butterflies. thumb|230px|left|Doleschallia andamanicaThey 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.

thumb|230px|left ==Species and subspecies== Listed alphabetically: Doleschallia bisaltide (Cramer, [1777]) – 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 Doleschallia bisaltide continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1899 Doleschallia bisaltide denisi (Viette 1950) – New Caledonia Doleschallia bisaltide gurelca Grose-Smith Doleschallia bisaltide herrichi Butler – New Hebrides Doleschallia bisaltide indica Moore, 1899 Doleschallia bisaltide menexema Fruhstorfer Doleschallia bisaltide montrouzieri Butler – New Hebrides Doleschallia bisaltide nasica Fruhstorfer, 1907 Doleschallia bisaltide nigromarginata Joicey and Noakes, 1915 Doleschallia bisaltide philippines Fruhstorfer Doleschallia bisaltide polibete (Cramer, [1779]) 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 Doleschallia dascon Godman & Salvin, 1880 – New Guinea Doleschallia dascon dascan Doleschallia dascon dasconides Fruhstorfer, 1903New Guinea 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) – New Guinea, Moluccas 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 – Moluccas 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, [1779]) 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 Doleschallia rickardi pfeili Honrath, 1892 – New Ireland Doleschallia tongana Hopkins, 1927 – Polynesia and Melanesia Doleschallia tongana tongana Doleschallia tongana vomana Fruhstorfer – Fiji