Siderone

Siderone
Siderone syntyche, figures 4 and 5 from Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Charaxinae
Tribe:
Anaeini
Genus:
Siderone

Hübner, [1823]
Synonyms
  • Siderone Boisduval, [1836]
  • Phyllophasis Blanchard, 1840
  • Sideronidia Bryk, 1939

Siderone is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly genus in the subfamily Charaxinae.

Species

  • Siderone galanthis (Cramer, [1775]) – scarlet leafwing, red-and-black leafwing, or red-striped leafwing
  • Siderone nemesis (Illiger, 1801) – Nemesis
  • Siderone syntyche Hewitson, 1854 – red-patched leafwing


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