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

Calisto batesi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calisto
Species:
C. batesi
Binomial name
Calisto batesi
Michener, 1943

The wingspan is 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in).

The larvae feed on various grasses.[2]

Taxonomy

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It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Calisto hysius.

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