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Siderone galanthis

Synonyms: Papilio galanthis

Wikipedia Abstract

Siderone galanthis, the scarlet leafwing or red-striped leafwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico to southern Brazil. The habitat consists deciduous and evergreen forests at altitudes up to 900 meters. Adults have been recorded imbibing mineralised moisture from the ground. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Casearia sylvestris and Zuelania quidonia.
View Wikipedia Record: Siderone galanthis

Prey / Diet

Casearia aculeata (rabo de ranton)[1]
Casearia arborea (gia verde)[2]
Casearia guianensis (Guyanese wild coffee)[2]
Casearia icosandra[2]
Casearia obovalis[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0