Calisto muripetens

Calisto muripetens
Male, upperside
Male, underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calisto
Species: C. muripetens
Binomial name
Calisto muripetens
Bates, 1939
Synonyms
  • Calisto smintheus muripetens Bates, 1939
  • Calisto sibylla muripetens Fontenla and Rodríguez, 1990

Calisto muripetens is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Cuba, where it is only known from a few localities in the central Cuban mountains: the Guamuhaya massif, above 750 meters and up to 1,140 meters on Pico San Juan, the highest peak. The species inhabits evergreen forests of the mogotes vegetation complex, limestone hills of vertical slopes, and rainforests, flying mostly in shady places.

Female, upperside

The length of the forewings is 18–22 mm for males and 20–23 mm for females.[1]

References

  1. Aguila, Rayner Núñez; Edelquis Oliva Plasencia; Pavel F. Matos Maravi; Niklas Wahlberg (2012). "Cuban Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), a review based on morphological and DNA data". ZooKeys. 165: 57–105. doi:10.3897/zookeys.165.2206. PMC 3272634Freely accessible. PMID 22328857.
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