Mallika jacksoni

Jackson's leaf butterfly
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Genus:	Mallika Collins & Larsen, 1991
Species:	M. jacksoni
Binomial name
Mallika jacksoni (Sharpe, 1896)
Synonyms
Kallima jacksoni Sharpe, 1896

Mallika is a monotypic genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae found in central Africa from DR Congo to Kenya. The single species is Mallika jacksoni, or Jackson's leaf butterfly, which traditionally has been included in the genus Kallima. The habitat consists of dry, sparsely wooded hillsides.[1]

The rear surface of the wings is brownish and closely resembles a dead leaf, while the upper surface is mainly blue.

References

1. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Kallimini". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-29.

• "Mallika Collins & Larsen, 1991" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 50