Calisto israeli

Calisto israeli
	Male, upperside
	Male, underside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Calisto
Species:	C. israeli
Binomial name
	Calisto israeli; Torre, 1973
Synonyms
	Calisto israelSmith et al., 1994; Calisto sibylla smintheusLamas, 2004;

Last updated July 28, 2024

Calisto israeli is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Cuba, where it is known from the middle and western parts of the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa mountains, from the Monte Iberia plateau west to Cupeyal. The species has also been recorded from Sierra de Cristal. It is probably also present on the eastern half of Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa mountains. It can be found from 250 and 1,230 meters (820 and 4,040 ft), where it inhabits several variants of evergreen and rainforests and, to a lesser extent, wet sclerophyllous low forests.

The length of the forewings is 24–26 mm (0.94–1.02 in) for males and 25–27 mm (0.98–1.06 in) for females.^[1]

Eggs are laid loose, are near spherical in shape and ivory white in color. The species seems to be associated with climbing grasses, such as Arthrostylidium pinifolia and Chusquea species.

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References

↑ 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. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[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. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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