Calisto batesi
Appearance
Calisto batesi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Calisto |
Species: | C. batesi
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Binomial name | |
Calisto batesi Michener, 1943
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Calisto batesi is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola.[1]
The wingspan is 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in).
The larvae feed on various grasses.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Calisto hysius.
References
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- ^ "Calisto Hübner, 1823" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)