''Siderone galanthis'', the scarlet leafwing or red-striped leafwing, is a species of

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of the family

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. It is found from

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to southern

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. The habitat consists deciduous and evergreen forests at altitudes up to 900 meters. Adults have been recorded imbibing mineralised moisture from the ground.Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
/ref> The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''

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'' and '' Zuelania quidonia''.

Subspecies

*''Siderone galanthis galanthis'' (Surinam, Brazil: Pará, Trinidad) *''Siderone galanthis thebais'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil: Amazonas)

References

Anaeini Butterflies of North America Butterflies of Central America Butterflies of the Caribbean Nymphalidae of South America Butterflies of Cuba Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Venezuela Butterflies described in 1775 Taxa named by Pieter Cramer {{Biblidinae-stub