Calisto pulchella
Appearance
Calisto pulchella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Calisto |
Species: | C. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Calisto pulchella Lathy, 1899
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Calisto pulchella is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Described by Percy Ireland Lathy in 1899, it is endemic to Hispaniola.[1]
The larvae are a pest on sugarcane, but the native host plant is unknown.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Calisto pulchella pulchella (lowland)
- Calisto pulchella darlingtoni Clench, 1943 (Cordillera Central)
References
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- ^ Savela, Markku (August 17, 2014). "Calisto pulchella Lathy, 1899". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
- ^ "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)