Siderone galanthis, the scarlet leafwing or red-striped leafwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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.
Subspecies
- Siderone galanthis galanthis<small> Cramer, 1775</small> (Guyana, French Guiana ,Surinam, SE Venezuela, Northern Brazil, Trinidad)
- Siderone galanthis thebais<small> C. & R. Felder, 1862</small> (Venezuela, Colombia, Panama , Costa Rica , Western El Salvador)
- Siderone galanthis canande <small> Dottax & Pierre, 2013</small> (Western Ecuador)
- Siderone galanthis nemesis <small> Illiger, 1801</small> (Grande Antilles including Hispaniola, Puerto Rica and Cuba)
- Siderone galanthis mexicana <small> Dottax & Pierre, 2009</small> (Mexico to Costa Rica)
- Siderone galanthis catarina <small> Dottax & Pierre, 2009</small> (Southern Brazil)
- Siderone galanthis pernambuco <small> Dottax & Pierre, 2013</small> (Pernambuco state Brazil)
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