| Autumn leaf | |
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| Ventral view Bali, Indonesia | |
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| Dorsal view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Doleschallia |
| Species: | D. bisaltide |
| Binomial name | |
| Doleschallia bisaltide (Cramer, 1777) | |
| Subspecies | |
See text | |
Doleschallia bisaltide, the autumn leaf, [1] [2] is a nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australasia. [1] [2] In Australia it is also known as the leafwing.
The larvae are black, with two rows of dorsal white spots. Head with a pair of branched spines; rest of the segments with a dorsal and a lateral row of blue branched spines on each side. They feed on Artocarpus , Pseuderanthemum , Calycanthus , Ruellia , Girardina , Strobilanthus and Graptophyllum . [3] [4] The pupae are yellowish with numerous black spots; constricted in the middle; head produced into two points. [5] There are several subspecies under Doleschallia bisaltide: [2]
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. pp. 393–394. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Moore, Frederic (1899–1900). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IV. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 156–157.