Calisto arcas

Calisto arcas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Calisto
Species: C. arcas
Binomial name
Calisto arcas
Bates, 1939

Calisto arcas is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola,[1] where it is only found in the Cordillera Central’s Valle Nuevo area.

The larvae probably feed on bamboo.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Calisto, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ “Darwin’s butterflies”? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
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