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Calisto herophile

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Species of butterfly

Calisto herophile
In Cuba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calisto
Species: C. herophile
Binomial name
Calisto herophile
Hübner, 1823
Synonyms
  • Satyrus herophile Poey, 1847

Calisto herophile is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Cuba and the Bahamas. The species inhabits many habitats in Cuba, from suburban areas near major cities to the edges of evergreen and rainforests up to 1,100 meters of altitude, always disturbed in some degree.

The length of the forewings is 14–19 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females. Adults are found year-round throughout Cuba.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

Subspecies

  • Calisto herophile herophile (Cuba)
  • Calisto herophile apollinis Bates, 1934
  • Calisto herophile parsonsi Clench, 1943 (Cuba)

Gallery

  • Male, upperside Male, upperside
  • Male, underside Male, underside
  • Female, upperside Female, upperside
  • First instar larva First instar larva
  • Fourth instar larva Fourth instar larva
  • Fifth instar, pale morph Fifth instar, pale morph
  • Fifth instar, dark morph Fifth instar, dark morph
  • Fifth instar, head capsule Fifth instar, head capsule
  • Pupa, lateral view Pupa, lateral view
  • Pupa, ventral view Pupa, ventral view
  • Pupa, dorsal view Pupa, dorsal view
  • Predation by a crab spider of the family Thomisidae Predation by a crab spider of the family Thomisidae
  • Predation by Stagmomantis domingensis Predation by Stagmomantis domingensis

References

  1. "Calisto Hübner, 1823" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Aguila, Rayner Núñez; Edelquis Oliva Plasencia; Pavel F. Matos Maravi; Niklas Wahlberg (2012). "Cuban Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), a review based on morphological and DNA data". ZooKeys (165): 57–105. Bibcode:2012ZooK..165...57N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.165.2206. PMC 3272634. PMID 22328857.
  3. Sourakov, Andrei; Evgeny V. Zakharov (2011). ""Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Comparative Cytogenetics. 5 (3): 191–210. doi:10.3897/compcytogen.v5i3.1730. PMC 3833777. PMID 24260629.
Taxon identifiers
Calisto herophile


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