Purple leafwing butterfly
This butterfly is part of Major Gay’s collection and was collected in the Cameroon. When it is at rest with its wings closed it looks just like a dry leaf.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 81/2003/1215
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collection Area Region
- Central Africa
- Collector Excavator
- Gay, Major Arthur Bertie (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- purple leafwing butterfly
- Simple Name
- insect: butterfly
