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Calisto hysius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Calisto
Species:	C. hysius
Binomial name
Calisto hysius (Godart, )
Synonyms
Satyrus hysius Godart, Calisto aleucosticha Correa & Schwartz, 1986

Calisto hysius is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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

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)

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• Calisto (butterfly)
• Butterflies of the Caribbean
• Fauna of Hispaniola
• Endemic fauna of Haiti
• Endemic fauna of the Dominican Republic
• Butterflies described in 1824
• Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Godart
• Satyrini stubs