THE INDIAN 
LEAF BUTTERFLY. 
The best-known and most striking example of leaf-mimicry. The Butterfly with wings expanded is both gorgeous and striking. 
The tips are a velvety-brown that merges into a broad band of dull orange; this in turn is shaded into a blue-brown—the principal 
colouring—which often appears as a rich glowing purple owing to vivid iridescence. 
When the Butterfly is at rest, however, it 
can scarcely be distinguished from a dried leaf, so exactly do the under-sides of the wings simulate the shape and the dull, 
withered appearance, while even the delicate nervures imitate a leaf’s veining. 
