Fountainea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Charaxinae
Tribus: Anaeini
Genus: Fountainea
Species: F. centaurus – F. eurypyle – F. glycerium – F. halice – F. nessus – F. nobilis – F. ryphea – F. sosippus
Name

Fountainea Rydon, 1971

Type species: Papilio ryphea Cramer, 1775
References

Lamas, G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea
Rydon, 1971, Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 83.

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:

Fountainea centaurus (Felder & Felder, 1867)
Fountainea eurypyle (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
Fountainea glycerium (Doubleday, 1849)
Fountainea halice (Godart, 1824)
Fountainea nessus (Latreille, 1813)
Fountainea nobilis (Bates, 1864)
Fountainea ryphea (Cramer, 1775)
Fountainea sosippus (Hopffer, 1874)

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.