Calisto smintheus

Calisto smintheus
	Male, upperside
	Male, underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Calisto
Species:	C. smintheus
Binomial name
	Calisto smintheus; Bates, 1935
Synonyms
	Calisto delos Bates, 1935; Calisto smintheus smintheus Bates, 1939; Calisto smintheus delos Torre, 1968; Calisto biocellatus Torre, 1968; Calisto sibylla smintheus Brown and Heineman, 1972; Calisto sibylla delos Brown and Heineman, 1972;

Calisto israeli is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Cuba, where it is known from the Sierra Maestra. The species inhabits evergreen and rainforests at altitudes between 800 and 1,500 metres. It is also found in cloud forest above 1,500 metres, and at the cloud scrub around Pico Turquino.

The length of the forewings is 19–25 mm.^[1] Adults have been observed feeding on flowers of , , , Mikania micrantha and .

The larvae feed on . They eat the entire shell after hatching and feed at night remaining inactive during the day in lower parts of the plant.