Biology:Siderone

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Siderone
Siderone syntyche, figures 4 and 5 from Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Tribe:	Anaeini
Genus:	Siderone Hübner, [1823]
Synonyms
Siderone Boisduval, [1836] Phyllophasis Blanchard, 1840 Sideronidia Bryk, 1939

Siderone is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly genus in the subfamily Charaxinae.

Species

• Siderone galanthis (Cramer, [1775]) – scarlet leafwing, red-and-black leafwing, or red-striped leafwing
• Siderone nemesis (Illiger, 1801) – Nemesis
• Siderone syntyche Hewitson, 1854 – red-patched leafwing

External links

• "Siderone Hübner, [1823]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q3010310 entry