Calisto (genus)
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Calisto is a butterfly
genus from the subfamily Satyrinae
in the family Nymphalidae
. The species in the genus Calisto occur in the Caribbean
islands, central America, and northern South America.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
genus from the subfamily Satyrinae
Satyrinae
Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the Browns, is a subfamily of the Nymphalidae . They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies...
in the family Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
. The species in the genus Calisto occur in the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
islands, central America, and northern South America.
Species
- Calisto ainigma (Johnson, Quinter & Matusik, 1987)
- Calisto anegadensis (Smith, Miller & McKenzie, 1991)
- Calisto arcasCalisto arcasCalisto arcas is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is only found in the Cordillera Central’s Valle Nuevo area.The larvae probably feed on bamboo....
(Bates, 1939) - Calisto archebatesCalisto archebatesCalisto archebates is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is found in the southern paleoisland’s Sierra de Bahoruco.The larvae feed on Isachne rigifolia....
(Ménétriés, 1832) - Calisto batesiCalisto batesiCalisto batesi is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola.The wingspan is 13–15 mm.The larvae feed on various grasses....
(Michener, 1943) - Calisto chrysaorosCalisto chrysaorosCalisto chrysaoros is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is found at high elevations on the both southern and northern paleoislands in the refugias.The larvae feed on Arthrostylidium species....
(Bates, 1935) - Calisto chlenchi (Schwartz & Gali, 1984)
- Calisto clydoniata (Schwartz & Gali, 1984)
- Calisto confusaCalisto confusaCalisto confusa is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is mainly found in the lowlands.The larvae feed on various grasses....
(Lathy, 1899) - Calisto cryptaCalisto cryptaCalisto crypta is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is found in the lowland desert.The larvae feed on various species of Bunch grass....
(Gali, 1985) - Calisto debarrieraCalisto debarrieraCalisto debarriera is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola.The larvae feed on various grasses.-Taxonomy:...
Clench, 1943 - Calisto eleleusCalisto eleleusCalisto eleleus is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is found extremely locally in the Cordillera Central....
(Bates, 1935) - Calisto franciscoiCalisto franciscoiCalisto franciscoi is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is found in the lowland desert.The larvae feed on various species of Bunch grass....
(Gali, 1985) - Calisto galii (Schwartz, 1983)
- Calisto grannusCalisto grannusCalisto grannus is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is generally found on altitudes above 1000 meters.The larvae feed on various grasses.-Subspecies:*Calisto grannus grannus...
(Bates, 1939) - Calisto herophileCalisto herophileCalisto herophile is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Cuba and the Bahamas.The larvae feed on various grasses.-Subspecies:*Calisto herophile herophile *Calisto herophile apollinis Bates, 1934...
(Hübner, 1823) - Calisto hysiusCalisto hysiusCalisto hysius is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola.The wingspan is 16.5–17.5 mm.The larvae feed on various grasses.-Subspecies:*Calisto hysius hysius*Calisto hysius aleucosticha Correa & Schwartz, 1986...
(Godart, 1824) - Calisto loxias (Bates, 1935)
- Calisto lyceiusCalisto lyceiusCalisto lyceius is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is found in the lowland desert.The larvae feed on various species of Bunch grass....
(Bates, 1935) - Calisto neochma (Schwartz, 1991)
- Calisto nubilaCalisto nubilaCalisto nubila is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Puerto Rico.The larvae feed on various grasses....
(Lathy, 1899) - Calisto obscuraCalisto obscuraCalisto obscura is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is found in the lowlands and at mid-elevations.The larvae feed on various grasses....
(Michener, 1943) - Calisto pauli (Johnson & Hedges, 1998)
- Calisto pulchellaCalisto pulchellaCalisto pulchella is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola.The larvae are a pest on sugarcane, but the native host plant is unknown.-Subspecies:*Calisto pulchella pulchella...
(Lathy, 1899) - Calisto raburniCalisto raburniCalisto raburni is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola....
(Gali, 1985) - Calisto schwartzi (Gali, 1985)
- Calisto sibylla (Bates, 1934)
- Calisto tasajeraCalisto tasajeraCalisto tasajera is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is found in the highlands of the Cordillera Central.The larvae feed on Danthonia domingenisis....
(González, Schwartz & Wetherbee, 1991) - Calisto thomasi (Johnson & Hedges, 1998)
- Calisto tragius (Bates, 1935)
- Calisto wetherbeei (Schwartz & González, 1988)
- Calisto woodsi (Johnson & Hedges, 1998)
- Calisto zangisCalisto zangisCalisto zangis is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica....
(Fabricius, 1775)