Calisto muripetens

Calisto muripetens
	Male, upperside
	Male, underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Calisto
Species:	C. muripetens
Binomial name
	Calisto muripetens; Bates, 1939
Synonyms
	Calisto smintheus muripetens Bates, 1939; Calisto sibylla muripetens Fontenla 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. The species inhabits evergreen forests of the mogotes vegetation complex, limestone hills of vertical slopes, and rainforests, flying mostly in shady places.

Female, upperside

The length of the forewings is 18–22 mm for males and 20–23 mm for females.[1]

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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.165.2206. PMC 3272634. PMID 22328857.

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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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.165.2206. PMC 3272634. PMID 22328857.