A dead leaf opens its wings

A Kallima inachus butterfly with its wings closed, showing the leaf-like underside — Ankit0908 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original photograph resized.

With its wings shut, a Kallima butterfly resembles a dry leaf, right down to the veins. Open them, and blue and orange appear.

The blue-and-orange upper wings of another Kallima inachus butterfly — Mike Peel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original photograph resized.

The disguise disappears with one movement.

This “dead leaf” is a butterfly.
With its wings shut, a Kallima butterfly resembles a dry leaf, right down to the veins. Open them, and blue and orange appear.
The disguise disappears with one movement.

A dead leaf opens its wings

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