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Calisto pulchella

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Species of butterfly

Calisto pulchella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calisto
Species: C. pulchella
Binomial name
Calisto pulchella
Lathy, 1899
Synonyms
  • Calisto pulchella ab. tenebrosa Lathy, 1899

Calisto pulchella is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Described by Percy Ireland Lathy in 1899, it is endemic to Hispaniola.

The larvae are a pest on sugarcane, but the native host plant is unknown.

Subspecies

  • Calisto pulchella pulchella (lowland)
  • Calisto pulchella darlingtoni Clench, 1943 (Cordillera Central)

References

  1. Savela, Markku (August 17, 2014). "Calisto pulchella Lathy, 1899". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
Taxon identifiers
Calisto pulchella


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