Fountainea
Fountainea | |
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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
Categories:
- Anaeini
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Nymphalidae genera
- Charaxinae stubs