''Calisto chrysaoros'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

of the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...

. It is endemic to

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ) is an island between Geography of Cuba, Cuba and Geography of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by List of C ...

, where it is found at high elevations on both southern and northern paleoislands in the refugias. The larvae feed on ''

Arthrostylidium ''Arthrostylidium'' is a Neotropical genus of climbing bamboo in the Poaceae, grass family. the species are native to Central America, the West Indies, northern South America, and southern Mexico. Species 29 species are accepted. Formerly incl ...

'' species."Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus ''Calisto'' (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
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References

Butterflies described in 1935 Calisto (butterfly) Butterflies of the Caribbean {{Satyrini-stub