Fountainea
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| Fountainea | |
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| Fountainea nobilis, ventral view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| (unranked): | Rhopalocera |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Anaeini |
| Genus: | Fountainea Rydon, 1971 |
Fountainea is a genus of Neotropical leaf butterflies. Their wing undersides usually mimic dead leaves.
Species
There are 8 species in the genus:
- Fountainea centaurus (Felder & Felder, 1867)
- Fountainea eurypyle (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
- Fountainea glycerium (Doubleday, 1849)
- Fountainea halice (Godart, 1824)
- Fountainea nessus (Latreille, 1813)
- Fountainea nobilis (Bates, 1864)
- Fountainea ryphea (Cramer, 1775)
- Fountainea sosippus (Hopffer, 1874)
References
- Fountainea at funet
- 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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