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- noun a genus of Nymphalidae
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A very closely allied species, Kallima inachis, inhabits
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We now know many such cases, such as the numerous imitations of green or withered leaves, which are brought about in the most diverse ways, sometimes by mere variations in the form of the insect and in its colour, sometimes by an elaborate marking, like that which occurs in the Indian leaf-butterflies, _Kallima inachis_.
Evolution in Modern Thought Gustav Schwalbe 1880
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In India K. inachis, and in the larger Malay islands K. paralekta, are very common.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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A very closely allied species, Kallima inachis, inhabits India, where it is very common, and specimens are sent in every collection from the
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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_Kallima inachis_ and _Kallima paralekta_, wonderful resemblance of, to leaves, 59-61.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Indian Kallima inachis, and its Malayan ally, Kallima paralekta.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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He says: [26] "But the most wonderful and undoubted case of protective resemblance in a butterfly, which I have ever seen, is that {31} of the common Indian _Kallima inachis_, and its Malayan ally, _Kallima paralekta_.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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