Calisto muripetens is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Cuba, where it is only known from a few localities in the central Cuban mountains: the Guamuhaya massif, above 750 meters and up to 1,140 meters on Pico San Juan, the highest peak.

Calisto muripetens
Male, upperside
Male, underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calisto
Species:
C. muripetens
Binomial name
Calisto muripetens
Bates, 1939
Synonyms
  • Calisto smintheus muripetens Bates, 1939
  • Calisto sibylla muripetens Fontenla and Rodríguez, 1990
Female, upperside

The length of the forewings is 18–22 mm for males and 20–23 mm for females.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Aguila, Rayner Núñez; Edelquis Oliva Plasencia; Pavel F. Matos Maravi; Niklas Wahlberg (2012). "Cuban Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), a review based on morphological and DNA data". ZooKeys (165): 57–105. Bibcode:2012ZooK..165...57N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.165.2206. PMC 3272634. PMID 22328857.