Siderone galanthis
Species of butterfly
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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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Siderone |
| Species: | S. galanthis |
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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 Cramer, 1775 (Guyana, French Guiana ,Surinam, SE Venezuela, Northern Brazil, Trinidad)
- Siderone galanthis thebais C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Venezuela, Colombia, Panama , Costa Rica , Western El Salvador)
- Siderone galanthis canande Dottax & Pierre, 2013 (Western Ecuador)
- Siderone galanthis nemesis Illiger, 1801 (Grande Antilles including Hispaniola, Puerto Rica and Cuba)
- Siderone galanthis mexicana Dottax & Pierre, 2009 (Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Siderone galanthis catarina Dottax & Pierre, 2009 (Southern Brazil)
- Siderone galanthis pernambuco Dottax & Pierre, 2013 (Pernambuco state Brazil)
