''Siderone'' is a
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
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nymphalid
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
butterfly
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
in the subfamily
Charaxinae
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The Charaxinae, the leafwings, are a nymphalid subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 species, inhabiting mainly the tropics, although some species extend into temperate regions in North America, Europe, China, and southern A ...
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Species
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Siderone galanthis
''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 met ...
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(Cramer, 775
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– scarlet leafwing, red-and-black leafwing, or red-striped leafwing
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Siderone nemesis''
(Illiger, 1801) – Nemesis
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Siderone syntyche
''Siderone'' is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly genus in the subfamily Charaxinae.
Species
* ''Siderone galanthis'' (Cramer, 775
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Hewitson, 1854 – red-patched leafwing
External links
"''Siderone''_Hübner,_[1823]"at_Markku_Savela's_''Lepidoptera_and_Some_Other_Life_Forms''
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Anaeini
Nymphalidae of South America
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Butterfly genera
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