''Calisto franciscoi'' is a
butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae. It is endemic to parts of
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 lowland desert.
The larvae feed on various species of Brunch grass.
"Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus ''Calisto'' (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
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References
Butterflies described in 1985
Calisto (butterfly)
Butterflies of the Caribbean
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