Fountainea

Fountainea
Fountainea nobilis, ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Anaeini
Genus:	Fountainea Rydon, 1971

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:

• (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• (C. & R. Felder, 1862) – pointed leafwing
• (Doubleday, 1849) – angled leafwing
• (Godart, 1824) – ruddy leafwing
• (Latreille, 1813) – superb leafwing
• Fountainea nobilis (Bates, 1864) – noble leafwing
• (Cramer, 1775) – flamingo leafwing
• (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

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