Calisto batesi
| Calisto batesi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Calisto |
| Species: | C. batesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Calisto batesi Michener, 1943 | |
Calisto batesi is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. 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.
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