Calisto pulchella is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Described by Percy Ireland Lathy in 1899, it is endemic to Hispaniola.[1]

Calisto pulchella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calisto
Species:
C. pulchella
Binomial name
Calisto pulchella
Lathy, 1899
Synonyms
  • Calisto pulchella ab. tenebrosa Lathy, 1899

The larvae are a pest on sugarcane, but the native host plant is unknown.[2]

Subspecies

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  • Calisto pulchella pulchella (lowland)
  • Calisto pulchella darlingtoni Clench, 1943 (Cordillera Central)

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (August 17, 2014). "Calisto pulchella Lathy, 1899". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)