Calisto (genus)
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| Calisto amazona | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Subtribe: | Pronophilina |
| Genus: | Calisto (Hübner, 1823) |
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Calisto is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Members of the genus occur on the Caribbean islands only. Of the 44 species that are currently thought to exist, 11 occur on Cuba, one on Puerto Rico, one on Anegada Island, one on Jamaica, two on the Bahamas and 28 on Hispaniola.[1]
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References
- ↑ Matos-Maraví P., Núñez Águila R., Peña C., Miller J.Y., Sourakov A., Wahlberg N. (2014) Causes of endemic radiation in the Caribbean: evidence from the historical biogeography and diversification of the butterfly genus Calisto (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Satyrini). BMC Evol Biol. ;14(1):199.
- ↑ Calisto. funet.fi
- ↑ “Darwin’s butterflies”? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
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