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
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Binomial name | |
Calisto arcas Bates, 1939
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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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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1939
- Calisto (butterfly)
- Satyrini stubs