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Calisto crypta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Calisto
Species:	C. crypta
Binomial name
Calisto crypta Gali, 1985

Calisto crypta is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is found in the lowland desert.

The larvae feed on various species of bunch grass.

References

1. "Calisto Hübner, 1823" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

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