<i>Calisto tasajera </i>in the Hispaniolan Cordillera Central (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae).

Authors

  • S. B. Hedges
  • K. Johnson

Keywords:

Caribbean, distribution, Dominican Republic, habitat, Neotropical, Pinaceae, West Indies

Abstract

Calisto tasajera, a large satyrid butterfly previously known only from its type series, is figured in color from specimens collected recently in remote swamp-grass habitat on Pico Duarte, 1800m. A key including C. tasajera in the lyceia complex of Calisto is provided; voucher material distributed to several museums is listed. Contrasting lowland xerophiles typifying the complex, C. tasajera is montane and mesophilic, its disjunct distribution in the Hispaniolan Cordillera Central apparently reflecting a pattern of fire refugia.

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Published

1994-11-01

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