Calisto pulchella, also known as the Sugar Cane Calisto, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Described by Percy Ireland Lathy in 1899, it is endemic to Hispaniola.
The larvae are a pest on sugarcane, but the native host plant is unknown."Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
Subspecies Calisto pulchella pulchella (lowland) Calisto pulchella darlingtoni Clench, 1943 (Cordillera Central)
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