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Calisto (butterfly)

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Calisto
Calisto grannus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Pronophilina
Genus: Calisto
(Hübner, 1823)

Calisto is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Members of the genus occur on the Caribbean islands only. Of the 44 species that are currently thought to exist, eleven occur on Cuba, one on Puerto Rico, one on Anegada Island, one on Jamaica, two on the Bahamas and twenty-eight on Hispaniola.[1]

Species

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In alphabetical order:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Matos-Maraví, Pável; Águila, Rayner Núñez; Peña, Carlos; Miller, Jacqueline Y.; Sourakov, Andrei & Wahlberg, Niklas (2014). "Causes of endemic radiation in the Caribbean: evidence from the historical biogeography and diversification of the butterfly genus Calisto (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Satyrini)" Archived 2015-02-01 at the Wayback Machine. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 199.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (August 17, 2014). "Calisto Hübner, 1823". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)