Calisto debarriera

Calisto debarriera
Calisto debarriera
The holotype of Calisto montana, now treated as a synonym of Calisto debarriera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Calisto
Species: C. debarriera
Binomial name
Calisto debarriera
Clench, 1943
Synonyms
  • Calisto neiba Schwartz & Gali, 1984
  • Calisto montana Clench, 1943
  • Calisto gonzalezi Schwartz, 1988

Calisto debarriera is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola.[1]

The larvae feed on various grasses.

Taxonomy

Calisto debarriera was originally treated as subspecies of Calisto confusa, and later regarded as color variant of C. confusa.[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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