Biology:Fountainea

Fountainea is a genus of Neotropical leaf butterflies. Their wing undersides usually mimic dead leaves.

This genus honours Margaret Fountaine, a renowned entomologist.

Species

There are eight species in the genus:

Species	Common name	Dorsal	Ventral
Fountainea centaurus (Felder & Felder, 1867)
Fountainea eurypyle (C. & R. Felder, 1862)	pointed leafwing
Fountainea glycerium (Doubleday, 1849)	angled leafwing
Fountainea halice (Godart, 1824)	ruddy leafwing
Fountainea nessus (Latreille, 1813)	superb leafwing	Error creating thumbnail:
Fountainea nobilis (Bates, 1864)	noble leafwing
Fountainea ryphea (Cramer, 1775)	flamingo leafwing	File:Fountainea ryphea1 (cropped).jpg	File:Fountainea ryphea phidile 182603336 (cropped).jpg
Fountainea sosippus (Hopffer, 1874)

References

• "Fountainea Rydon, 1971" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Biolib
• Rydon, A.H.B. 1971. The systematics of the Charaxidae (Lepidoptera: Nymphaloidea). Entomologists Record 83: 219-233, 283-287, 310-316, 336-341, 384-388, 6 figs., 4 plates.

External links

• Pteron Images. In Japanese but with binomial names

Wikidata ☰ Q3079954 entry