Calisto pulchella explained

Calisto pulchella is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Described by Percy Ireland Lathy in 1899, it is endemic to Hispaniola.^[1]

The larvae are a pest on sugarcane, but the native host plant is unknown.^[2]

Subspecies

• Calisto pulchella pulchella (lowland)
• Calisto pulchella darlingtoni Clench, 1943 (Cordillera Central)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . August 17, 2014 . Calisto pulchella Lathy, 1899 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . March 13, 2020.
2. https://www.pensoft.net/journals/compcytogen/article/1730/ "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)