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''Calisto grannus'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to
Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
, where it is generally found on altitudes above 1000 meters. The larvae feed on various grasses."Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus ''Calisto'' (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
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Subspecies

*''Calisto grannus grannus'' *''Calisto grannus amazona'' González, 1987 *''Calisto grannus dilemma'' González, 1987 *''Calisto grannus dystacta'' González, 1987 *''Calisto grannus micheneri'' Clench, 1944 *''Calisto grannus micrommata'' Schwartz & Gali, 1984 *''Calisto grannus phoinix'' González, 1987 *''Calisto grannus sommeri'' Schwartz & Gali, 1984


Gallery

Image:Calisto amazona.JPG, ''Calisto grannus amazona'' Image:Calisto grannus dilemma.JPG, ''Calisto grannus dilemma'' Image:Calisto micheneri.JPG, ''Calisto grannus micheneri'' Image:Calisto phoinix.JPG, ''Calisto grannus phoinix'' Image:Calisto sommeri.JPG, ''Calisto grannus sommeri''


References

Butterflies described in 1939 Calisto (butterfly) Butterflies of the Caribbean {{Satyrini-stub