Fountainea
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Fountainea is a genus
of Neotropical leaf butterflies. Their wing undersides usually mimic dead leaves.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
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 nobilisFountainea nobilisFountainea nobilis, common name Noble Leafwing, is a species of Neotropical butterflies belonging to the Nymphalidae family, Charaxinae subfamily.-Description:...
(Bates, 1864) - Fountainea ryphea (Cramer, 1775)
- Fountainea sosippus (Hopffer, 1874)
External links
- Pteron Images.In Japanese but with binomial names