Calisto pulchella is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Described by Percy Ireland Lathy in 1899, it is endemic to Hispaniola.[1]
| Calisto pulchella | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Calisto |
| Species: | C. pulchella
|
| Binomial name | |
| Calisto pulchella Lathy, 1899
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
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
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calisto pulchella.
Wikispecies has information related to Calisto pulchella.
- ^ 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)