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Calisto bruneri

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Calisto bruneri
Male, upperside
Male, underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 bruneri Alayo and Hernández 1987

Calisto bruneri is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Distribution

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

Habitation

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

Female, upperside

Description

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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

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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.