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Fountainea

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:

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.

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