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Calisto confusa

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Species of butterfly

Calisto confusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calisto
Species: C. confusa
Binomial name
Calisto confusa
Lathy, 1899

Calisto confusa is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is mainly found in the lowlands.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

References

  1. "Calisto Hübner, 1823" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
Taxon identifiers
Calisto confusa


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