Calisto bruneri

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Calisto bruneri
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Male, upperside
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Male, underside
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calisto
Species:
C. bruneri
Binomial name
Calisto bruneri
Michener, 1949
Synonyms
  • Calisto herophile bruneriAlayo and Hernández 1987

Calisto bruneri is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

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Distribution

It is endemic to Cuba, where it occurs in the western parts of the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa Mountains.

Habitation

The species inhabits rainforests, wet sclerophyllous low forests and pine forests.

Female, upperside Calisto bruneri female upper side.JPG
Female, upperside
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Description

The length of the forewings is 16–19 mm for males and 18–21 mm for females. Adults have been observed taking nectar from flowers of Scaevola wrightii . [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. Bibcode:2012ZooK..165...57N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.165.2206 . PMC   3272634 . PMID   22328857.


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