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Calisto batesi

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Calisto batesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Tribe:
Satyrini
Genus:
Calisto
Species:
C. batesi
Binomial name
Calisto batesi
Michener, 1943

Calisto batesi is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. 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

It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Calisto hysius.

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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