Calisto debarriera

Calisto debarriera is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola.[1]

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
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

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]

  • Calisto neiba, now treated as a synonym of Calisto debarriera

References
  1. "Calisto Hübner, 1823" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)


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