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Siderone galanthis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Siderone

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Similar
  
Siderone, Zaretis, Fountainea, Anaeini, Temenis laothoe

Siderone galanthis, the scarlet leafwing or red-striped leafwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico to southern Brazil. The habitat consists deciduous and evergreen forests at altitudes up to 900 meters.

Adults have been recorded imbibing mineralised moisture from the ground.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Casearia sylvestris and Zuelania quidonia.

Subspecies

  • Siderone galanthis galanthis (Surinam, Brazil: Pará, Trinidad)
  • Siderone galanthis thebais C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil: Amazonas)

    • References

    Siderone galanthis Wikipedia
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