Catasticta philone

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 : 11

11 Catasticta philone (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (TL: Colombia, Bogotá; Ecuador)

(fig. 8: e-f; fig. 22)

The species is widespread and common on both sides of the Cordillera Oriental in Colombia ( Bollino & Rodriguez, 2004), but it has not been previously reported from Venezuela. Two males of this species were recently collected at Fundo Piedras Blancas and Páramo La Revancha (Parque Nacional El Tamá, Táchira) between 2300 and 2800 meters.

Both specimens belong to the nominotypical species. Some characters suggest that they represent a different subspecies, but additional material would be needed to confirm this possibility.