Calisto pulchella
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| Calisto pulchella | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Calisto |
| Species: | C. pulchella |
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| Calisto pulchella Lathy, 1899 | |
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Calisto pulchella, also known as the Sugar Cane Calisto, 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]
