Calisto (genus)

Calisto
Calisto amazona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Subtribe:	Pronophilina
Genus:	Calisto (Hübner, 1823)
Species
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Calisto is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Members of the genus occur on the Caribbean islands only. Of the 44 species that are currently thought to exist, 11 occur on Cuba, one on Puerto Rico, one on Anegada Island, one on Jamaica, two on the Bahamas and 28 on Hispaniola.^[1]

Species

Calisto ainigma Johnson, Quinter & Matusik, 1987 Calisto anegadensis Smith, Miller & McKenzie, 1991 Calisto apollinis Bates, 1934 Calisto aquilum Núñez, 2013 Calisto arcas Bates, 1939 Calisto archebates (Ménétriés, 1832) Calisto batesi Michener, 1943 Calisto bradleyi Munroe, 1950 Calisto brochei Torre, 1973 Calisto bruneri Michener, 1949 Calisto chrysaoros Bates, 1935 Calisto chlenchi Schwartz & Gali, 1984 Calisto clydoniata Schwartz & Gali, 1984 Calisto confusa Lathy, 1899 Calisto crypta Gali, 1985 Calisto debarriera Clench, 1943 Calisto dissimulatum Núñez, 2013 Calisto eleleus Bates, 1935 Calisto franciscoi Gali, 1985 Calisto galii Schwartz, 1983 Calisto grannus Bates, 1939 Calisto herophile Hübner, [1823]

Calisto hysius (Godart, [1824]) Calisto israeli Torre, 1973 Calisto loxias Bates, 1935 Calisto lyceius Bates, 1935 Calisto muripetens Bates, 1939 Calisto neochma Schwartz, 1991 Calisto nubila Lathy, 1899 Calisto obscura Michener, 1943 Calisto occulta Núñez, 2012 Calisto pauli Johnson & Hedges, 1998 Calisto pulchella Lathy, 1899 Calisto raburni Gali, 1985 Calisto schwartzi Gali, 1985 Calisto sibylla Bates, 1934 Calisto smintheus Bates, 1935 Calisto tasajera González, Schwartz & Wetherbee, 1991 Calisto thomasi Johnson & Hedges, 1998 Calisto torrei Núñez, 2013 Calisto tragius Bates, 1935 Calisto wetherbeei Schwartz & González, 1988 Calisto woodsi Johnson & Hedges, 1998 Calisto zangis (Fabricius, 1775)[2][3]

References

1. Matos-Maraví P., Núñez Águila R., Peña C., Miller J.Y., Sourakov A., Wahlberg N. (2014) Causes of endemic radiation in the Caribbean: evidence from the historical biogeography and diversification of the butterfly genus Calisto (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Satyrini). BMC Evol Biol. ;14(1):199.
2. Calisto. funet.fi
3. “Darwin’s butterflies”? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)