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Calisto debarriera

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Calisto debarriera
The holotype of Calisto montana, now treated as a synonym of Calisto debarriera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
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][2]

The larvae feed on various grasses.

Taxonomy

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Calisto debarriera was originally treated as subspecies of Calisto confusa, and later regarded as color variant of C. confusa.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Calisto Hübner, 1823" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Schwartz, Albert (1987). "A New Species of Calisto (Satyridae) from Hispaniola". Florida Scientist. 50 (4): 246–252. JSTOR 24320181.
  3. ^ "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)