Calisto Debarriera
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''Calisto debarriera'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to
Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La EspaƱola; 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 ...
. The larvae feed on various grasses.


Taxonomy

''Calisto debarriera'' was originally treated as subspecies of '' Calisto confusa'', and later regarded as color variant of ''C. confusa''."Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus ''Calisto'' (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
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Gallery

Image:Calisto neiba.JPG, ''Calisto neiba'', now treated as a synonym of ''Calisto debarriera''


References

Butterflies described in 1943 Calisto (butterfly) Butterflies of the Caribbean {{Satyrini-stub