Siderone galanthis

Siderone galanthis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Siderone
Species:
S. galanthis
Binomial name
Siderone galanthis
(Cramer, [1775])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio galanthis Cramer, [1775]
  • Papilio marthesia Cramer, [1777]
  • Siderone marthesia f. leonora Krüger, 1933 (preocc. Bargmann, 1928)
  • Siderone marthesia f. sincera Krüger, 1933
  • Siderone marthesia f. salmonea Biedermann, 1933
  • Siderone marthesia f. cancellariae Hall, 1935
  • Siderone thebais C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Siderone nemesis var. confluens Staudinger, 1887
  • Siderone nemesis f. leonora Bargmann, 1928
  • Siderone thebais f. exacta Bargmann, 1929

Siderone galanthis, the scarlet leafwing or red-striped leafwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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.[2]

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

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  1. ^ "Siderone Hübner, [1823]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes


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