Siderone

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
SideroneBoisduval, [1836] PhyllophasisBlanchard, 1840 SideronidiaBryk, 1939

Siderone is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly genus in the subfamily Charaxinae. ^[1]

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

References

1. Heppner, J. B. (1984-01-01), "Checklist of Neotropical Lepidoptera", Atlas of neotropical Lepidoptera, BRILL, pp. 1–58, ISBN   978-90-06-19303-9 , retrieved 2025-08-21

External links

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