Siderone galanthis

Siderone galanthis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Siderone
Species:	S. galanthis
Binomial name
	Siderone galanthis; (Cramer, [1775])
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 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.^[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 at funet

[2] Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes

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