Calisto muripetens

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Calisto muripetens
Calisto muripetens male upper side.JPG
Male, upperside
Calisto muripetens male under side.JPG
Male, underside
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calisto
Species:
C. muripetens
Binomial name
Calisto muripetens
Bates, 1939
Synonyms
  • Calisto smintheus muripetensBates, 1939
  • Calisto sibylla muripetensFontenla and Rodríguez, 1990

Calisto muripetens is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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.

Female, upperside Calisto muripetens female upper side.JPG
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. Bibcode:2012ZooK..165...57N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.165.2206 . PMC   3272634 . PMID   22328857.