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

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

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. The larvae have been recorded feeding on '' Casearia sylvestris'' 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 Trinidad and Tobago Butterflies of Central America Fauna of Suriname Nymphalidae of South America Butterflies of Cuba Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Venezuela Butterflies described in 1775 Taxa named by Pieter Cramer Lepidoptera of Colombia Lepidoptera of Ecuador {{Biblidinae-stub