EXTREMELY RARE! Teinopalpus imperialis, the Kaiser-i-Hind, India 1964 stick insect The males have longer arms

The males have longer arms then the females

Male appears to be in A1 condition but is labeled A1/A1-

The spread option comes with wings already spread and framed in a 8 ¼ x 6 ¼ Riker mount frame

and are a member of the collectible Brahmaeidae family

A- variations are mixed sex and include damage such as include broken/missing antennae

EXTREMELY RARE! Teinopalpus imperialis, the Kaiser-i-Hind, India 1964 stick insect The males have longer armsAlmost impossible to find! Teinopalpus imperialis, the Kaiser i Hind butterfly from 1964, Northern India. India banned the exportstion of ALL wildlife in 1972 and T. imperialis was also added as a CITES protected species, meaning the ONLY way to get a specimen from India is from pre 1972 collections. These can still be found for sale from SE Asia, most being sold without CITES permits, but specimens from India are INCREDIBLY RARE, with only a handful