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: +SpeciesCommon nameDorsalVentralFountainea centaurus (Felder & Felder, 1867)Fountainea eurypyle (C. & R. Felder, 1862)pointed leafwingFountainea glycerium (Doubleday, 1849)angled leafwingFountainea halice (Godart, 1824)ruddy leafwingFountainea nessus (Latreille, 1813)superb leafwingFountainea nobilis (Bates, 1864)noble leafwingFountainea ryphea (Cramer, 1775)flamingo leafwingFountainea 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.

External links Pteron Images. In Japanese but with binomial names