Siderone galanthis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Siderone |
| Species: | S. galanthis
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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[edit]
- Siderone galanthis galanthis (Surinam, Brazil: Pará, Trinidad)
- Siderone galanthis thebais C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil: Amazonas)
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Siderone galanthis.
Wikispecies has information related to Siderone galanthis.
- ^ "Siderone Hübner, [1823]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
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