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 Nymphalidae family. 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]

Gallery

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  Calisto neiba, now treated as a synonym of Calisto debarriera

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)