Calisto is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Members of the genus occur on the Caribbean islands only. Of the 44 species that are currently thought to exist, eleven occur on Cuba, one on Puerto Rico, one on Anegada Island, one on Jamaica, two on the Bahamas and twenty-eight on Hispaniola.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Pronophilina |
| Genus: | Calisto (Hübner, 1823) |
Species
edit- Calisto ainigma Johnson, Quinter & Matusik, 1987
- Calisto anegadensis Smith, Miller & McKenzie, 1991
- Calisto apollinis Bates, 1934
- Calisto aquilum Núñez, 2013
- Calisto arcas Bates, 1939
- Calisto archebates (Ménétriés, 1832)
- Calisto batesi Michener, 1943
- Calisto bradleyi Munroe, 1950
- Calisto brochei Torre, 1973
- Calisto bruneri Michener, 1949
- Calisto chrysaoros Bates, 1935
- Calisto chlenchi Schwartz & Gali, 1984
- Calisto clydoniata Schwartz & Gali, 1984
- Calisto confusa Lathy, 1899
- Calisto crypta Gali, 1985
- Calisto debarriera Clench, 1943
- Calisto dissimulatum Núñez, 2013
- Calisto eleleus Bates, 1935
- Calisto franciscoi Gali, 1985
- Calisto galii Schwartz, 1983
- Calisto grannus Bates, 1939
- Calisto herophile Hübner, [1823]
- Calisto hysius (Godart, [1824])
- Calisto israeli Torre, 1973
- Calisto loxias Bates, 1935
- Calisto lyceius Bates, 1935
- Calisto muripetens Bates, 1939
- Calisto neochma Schwartz, 1991
- Calisto nubila Lathy, 1899
- Calisto obscura Michener, 1943
- Calisto occulta Núñez, 2012
- Calisto pauli Johnson & Hedges, 1998
- Calisto pulchella Lathy, 1899
- Calisto raburni Gali, 1985
- Calisto schwartzi Gali, 1985
- Calisto sibylla Bates, 1934
- Calisto smintheus Bates, 1935
- Calisto tasajera González, Schwartz & Wetherbee, 1991
- Calisto thomasi Johnson & Hedges, 1998
- Calisto torrei Núñez, 2013
- Calisto tragius Bates, 1935
- Calisto wetherbeei Schwartz & González, 1988
- Calisto woodsi Johnson & Hedges, 1998
- Calisto zangis (Fabricius, 1775)
References
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- ^ Matos-Maraví, Pável; Águila, Rayner Núñez; Peña, Carlos; Miller, Jacqueline Y.; Sourakov, Andrei & Wahlberg, Niklas (2014). "Causes of endemic radiation in the Caribbean: evidence from the historical biogeography and diversification of the butterfly genus Calisto (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Satyrini)" Archived 2015-02-01 at the Wayback Machine. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 199.
- ^ Savela, Markku (August 17, 2014). "Calisto Hübner, 1823". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)