Calisto batesi
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| Calisto batesi | |
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| 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
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)