Calisto pulchella

Calisto pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
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 Lathy in 1899, it is endemic to Hispaniola.[1]

The larvae are a pest on sugarcane, but the native host plant is unknown.[2]

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References

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