''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 In bi ...

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 redu ...

butterfly

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

in the subfamily

Charaxinae __NOTOC__ 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 ...

Species

* ''

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 ...

'' (Cramer,

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– scarlet leafwing, red-and-black leafwing, or red-striped leafwing * '' Siderone nemesis'' (Illiger, 1801) – Nemesis * ''

Siderone syntyche ''Siderone'' is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly genus in the subfamily Charaxinae. Species * ''Siderone galanthis'' (Cramer, 775 __NOTOC__ Year 775 ( DCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of t ...

'' Hewitson, 1854 – red-patched leafwing

External links

"''Siderone'' Hübner, [1823]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Anaeini">823]"">"''Siderone'' Hübner, [1823]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Anaeini Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Butterfly genera {{Charaxinae-stub