Calisto arcas
| Calisto arcas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Calisto |
| Species: | C. arcas |
| Binomial name | |
| Calisto arcas Bates, 1939 | |
Calisto arcas is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola,[1] where it is only found in the Cordillera Central's Valle Nuevo area.
The larvae probably feed on bamboo.[2]
References
- ↑ "Calisto Hübner, 1823" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
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