Catasticta flisa

Bollino, Maurizio & Costa, Mauro, 2007, An illustrated annotated check-list of the species of Catasticta (s. l.) Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Venezuela, Zootaxa 1469, pp. 1-42 : 3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.176651
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6236272
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/891387A9-FFC5-FFCE-13A6-FBF341D97CB1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Catasticta flisa
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1 Catasticta flisa View in CoL (Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]) (TL: Mexico)

(fig. 3: a-i; fig. 12)

Catasticta flisa View in CoL is the most common and widespread species of the genus, occurring in a wide variety of habitats and distributed over more than 50% of the known range of the entire genus. Two subspecies were previously known for the country: Catasticta flisa briseis Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998 View in CoL (TL: Venezuela, Aragua, Maracay), distributed from 1000 to 2200 meters in the Cordillera de la Costa, from Yaracuy to Miranda, and Catasticta flisa dilutior Avinoff, 1926 (TL: Colombia, Chaochi [= Choachi]) (= C. hermione Reissinger, 1972 View in CoL ), which is quite common from Trujillo south-westwards to Táchira.

The species was recently collected for the first time in the Serranía del Turimiquire (Sucre and Anzoátegui), where it is quite scarce. Although only a few specimens were available, we describe a new subspecies to highlight their peculiar pattern and isolated distribution.