Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jun 20, 2026

Siderone

Siderone is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly genus in the subfamily Charaxinae.

Last revised
Jun 20, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
118 w
Citations
1
Source
Siderone
Siderone syntyche, figures 4 and 5 from Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Anaeini
Genus: Siderone
Hübner, [1823]
Synonyms
  • Siderone Boisduval, [1836]
  • Phyllophasis Blanchard, 1840
  • Sideronidia Bryk, 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 syntyche Hewitson, 1854 – red-patched leafwing
References

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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
External links