Calisto Archebates
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''Calisto archebates'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to
Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
, where it is found in the southern paleoisland's
Sierra de Bahoruco The Bahoruco Mountain Range—Sierra de Bahoruco (or Sierra de Bahoruco) is a mountain range located in the far southwestern region of the Dominican Republic. It is within Pedernales, Independencia, Barahona, and Bahoruco Provinces. A large part ...
. The larvae feed on '' Isachne rigifolia''."Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus ''Calisto'' (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
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Butterflies described in 1832 Calisto (butterfly) Butterflies of the Caribbean Taxa named by Édouard Ménétries {{Satyrini-stub