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:
 * Fountainea centaurus (Felder & Felder, 1867)
 * Fountainea eurypyle (C. & R. Felder, 1862) – pointed leafwing
 * Fountainea glycerium (Doubleday, 1849) – angled leafwing
 * Fountainea halice (Godart, 1824) – ruddy leafwing
 * Fountainea nessus (Latreille, 1813) – superb leafwing
 * Fountainea nobilis (Bates, 1864) – noble leafwing
 * Fountainea ryphea (Cramer, 1775) – flamingo leafwing
 * Fountainea sosippus (Hopffer, 1874)