C. f. muehlei Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998 Ecuador
Catasticta frontina muehlei Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998; Neue Ent. Nachr. 41 (III): 37, pl. 8, f. 59-62; TL: Ecuador, Napo, Rio Azuela am Reventador, 1600m
C. n. philobata Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998 Peru, Ecuador
Catasticta nimbata philobata Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998; Neue Ent. Nachr. 41 (III): 40, pl. 10, f. 77, 78; TL: Peru, Amazonas, Rodriguez de Mendoza, 1500m
Catasticta anaitis felicitas Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998; Neue Ent. Nachr. 41 (III): 41, pl. 10, f. 79, 80; TL: Peru, Rodriquez de Mendoza, 1500-1700m
C. f. putumayo Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998 Colombia
Catasticta ferra putumayo Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998; Neue Ent. Nachr. 41 (III): 42, pl. 13, f. 95-98; TL: Colombia, Putumayo, San Francisco, Valle Sebundoi, Cabecera, Rio Putumayo, 2300m
Catasticta poujadei lamasi Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998; Neue Ent. Nachr. 41 (III): 45, pl. 15, f. 117, 118; TL: Peru, Cu[zco], Rio Cosñipata, Yanamayo, 2000m
Catasticta revancha Rey & Pyrcz, 1996
SW.Venezuela. See [maps]
Catasticta revancha Rey & Pyrcz, 1996; Genus, 7 (3): (497-502); TL: Fundo Piedra Blanca, San Vicente de la Revancha, Parqu Nacional El Tamá, Táchira, Vnezuela, 2350m
C. c. adamsi Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998 Colombia
Catasticta chrysolopha adamsi Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998; Neue Ent. Nachr. 41 (III): 45, pl. 16, f. 119-122; TL: N.Colombia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Catasticta (Hesperochroia) apaturina supraturina Reissinger, 1972; Ent. Zs. 82 (11): 121; TL: Peru, Huanuco, Rio Huallaga, zwischen den Brücken Cayumba und Durand
C. t. subtamina Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998 Venezuela
Catasticta tomyris subtamina Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998; Neue Ent. Nachr. 41 (III): 46, pl. 17, f. 127-130; TL: Venezuela, Edo Merida, Tal des Rio Albarregas, 2180m
Catasticta marcapita boettgeri Bollino & Lamas, 2004; Zootaxa 605: (#3b) 8, pl. 1, f. 7-8; TL: Peru, Pasco, Huancabamba District, Cueva Blanca, ~ 10°31'S, 75°34'W, 2600m
Catasticta paucartambo Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998
Peru. See [maps]
Catasticta marcapita paucartambo Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998; Neue Ent. Nachr. 41 (III): 47, pl. 18, f. 133-138; TL: Peru, Cu[zco], 15km NE Paucartambo, 3100m
Catasticta abiseo Lamas & Bollino, 2004
Peru. See [maps]
Catasticta abiseo Lamas & Bollino, 2004; Zootaxa 605: (#6) 10, pl. 1, f. 9-10; TL: Peru, San Martín, Parque Nacional Abiseo, Huicungo, La Playa, 2480-2680m
C. s. cotopaxiensis Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998 Ecuador
Catasticta soccorensis cotopaxiensis Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998; Neue Ent. Nachr. 41 (III): 46, pl. 17, f. 131-134; TL: Ecuador, Cotopaxi-Napo, Via Salcedo-Napo, Rio Mulatos, 2900m
C. r. laurentina Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998 Colombia
Catasticta cinerea laurentina Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998; Neue Ent. Nachr. 41 (III): 49, pl. 20, f. 150, 151; TL: Colombia (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta), San Lorenzo (3000 m)
[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LEPIFORUM] Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[maps] Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[²] This may require parentheses or not (original genus not verified)
Avinoff, 1926
Descriptions of some new species and varieties of Rhopalocera in the Carnegie Museum
Ann. Carnegie Mus. 16
: 355-376, pl. 30-33
Bates, 1864
New species of butterflies from Guatemala and Panama, collected by Osbert Salvin and F. du Cane Godman, Esqs.
Ent. mon. Mag. 1
(1): 1-6 (1864),
(2): 31-35 (1864),
(3): 55-59 (1864),
(4): 81-85 (1864),
(5): 113-116 (1864),
(6): 126-131 (1864),
(7): 161-164 (1864),
(8): 178-180 (1865),
(9): 202-205 (1865)
Baumann & Reissinger, 1969
Zur Tagfalterfauna des Chanchamayogebietes in Peru. Teil I, Einleitung, Pieridae.
Veröff. Zool. Staatssamml. Munchen 13
: 71-142, pl. 1-13
Beutelspacher, 1984
Una especie nueva mexicana del género Catasticta Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
An. Inst. Biol. Univ. México 55 (Zool.) (2)
: 151-156
Beutelspacher, 1986
Algunas observaciones taxonómicas sobre el género Catasticta Butler en México, con la descripción de una nueva subespecie (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
An. Inst. Biol. Univ. México (Zool.) 57 (1): 153-160
Boisduval, 1836
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier
Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1
: 1-690, pl. 1-24
Bollino, 2008
Two new species of Catasticta Butler, 1870 from Peru (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
Genus 19 (3): 355-360
Bollino & Boyer, 2008
Revisional notes on the "cinerea" group of Catasticta Butler, 1870 (Lepidopteraa: Pieridae)
Genus 19 (3): 361-370
Bollino & Costa, 2007
An illustrated annotated check-list of the species of Catasticta (s.l.) Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Venezuela
Zootaxa 1469: 1-42
Bollino, Greeney & Vitale, 2002
On some hitherto unknown females of the genus Catasticta from Ecuador
Lambillionea 102 (3, I): 267-272
Bollino & Rodriguez, 2003
Dos nuevas Catasticta de Antioquia (Colombia Noroccidental, Suramerica) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
Lambillionea 103 (1)
: 135-141
Bollino & Vitale, 2002
News on some Pieridae from Ecuador
Lambillionea 102 (1, II): 82-84
Brown, 1932
Pieridae from the regions of Mt. Duida and Mt. Roraima
Amer. Mus. Novit. 572: 1-7, 3fgs
Brown, 1933
Two New Catasticta (Lepid.: Pieridae)
Ent. News. 44
: 147-148
Brown, 1939
New forms and species of the genus Catasticta - I (Pieridae: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Brooklyn ent. Soc. 34 (2)
: 120-128
Brown & Gabriel, 1939
New forms and species of the genus Catasticta - II (Pieridae: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Brooklyn ent. Soc. 34 (4)
: 203-214
Brown & Goodson, 1940
New forms and species of the genus Catasticta - III
Bull. Brooklyn ent. Soc. 35
: 141-143
Brown, Gabriel & Goodson, 1940
New forms and species of the genus Catasticta - IV
Bull. Brooklyn ent. Soc. 35
: 170-171
Butler, [1870]
Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum
Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius:
: 1-303, pl. 1-3
Butler, 1870
A revision of the Genera of the Sub-family Pierinae
Cistula ent. 1 (3)
: 33-58, pl. 1-4
Butler, 1872
Descriptions of new Butterflies from Costa Rica
Cistula ent. 1
: 72-90
Butler, 1896
Descriptions of new Species of Butterflies of the Genus Catasticta in the British Museum
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17 (97)
: 53-55
Butler, 1897
Descriptions of six Pierine Butterflies of the Genus Catasticta in the Collection of the British Museum
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118)
: 366-369
Butler, 1901
On names applied to certain species of the Pierid genus CatastictaEntomologist 34
: 301-303
Butler & Druce, 1874
List of the butterflies of Costa Rica, with descriptions of new species
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3)
: 330-370
Le Cerf, 1924
Lépidoptères nouveaux de la collection du Muséum (Rhopalocères)
Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 30 (2)
: 137-139
Dognin, 1888
Diagnoses de lépidoptères nouveaux de l'Equateur
Le Naturaliste (2)
1 (16): 188-190, 5figs (1887),
2 (23): 48 (1888),
2 (25): 67-68 (1888)
Doubleday, 1847
Descriptions of new or imperfectly described Lepidopterous Insects
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1) 19
(125): 173-176,
(128): 385-389
Doubleday, 1848
Descriptions of new or imperfectly described Lepidopterous Insects
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (2) 1 (2)
: 121-124
Fassl, 1915
Neue Pierieden aus Süd-Amerika
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 29 (2/3)
: 176-181, pl. 6 (1915)
C. & R. Felder, 1859
Lepidopterologische Fragmente. I-IV
Wien. ent. Monats. 3
(6): 178-186, pl. 3-4,
(9): 263-273, pl. 5,
(11): 321-328, pl. 6,
(12): 390-405, pl. 7-9
C. & R. Felder, 1861
Lepidoptera nova Columbiae
Wien. ent. Monats. 5
(3): 72-87,
(4): 97-111
C. & R. Felder, [1865]
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera
Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2)
(1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]),
(2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865),
(3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867),
(4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) ,
(5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Forster, 1956
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens. Teil I. Lepidoptera I
Veröff. zool. StaatsSamml. Münch. 3
: 81-160, 9pls
Fruhstorfer, 1912
Neue neotropische Pieriden aus der Sammlung Staudinger des Berliner Zoologischen Museums
Ent. Rundschau 29 (8)
: 59 (20 April)
Fruhstorfer, 1915
Zwei neue Pieridenrassen aus dem neotropischen Faunengebiet
Ent. Rundschau 32 (13)
: 76 (24 December)
Godman & Salvin, 1880
A List of the Diurnal Lepidoptera collected in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Colombia, and the Vicinity
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1880 (3)
: 119-132, pl. 3-4
Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]
Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge, 1850-[1869]: Rhopalocera (Tagfalter)
Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (II)
1 (1-2): pl. [1-10], f. 1-22 (1850),
1 (3): pl. 11-14, f. 23-60 (1853),
1 (4): pl. 15-18, f. 61-78 (1855),
1 (5): pl. [19-22], f. 79-94 (1856),
1 (?6): pl. [23-24], f. 95-102 (1858),
1: 1-52 (1856),
1: 53-84 (1858),
2: pl. [25-28], f. 103-123 (1869)
Hewitson, 1860; Hewitson, 1872
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
Ill. exot. Butts [1]
: (Systematic Index) I,
(Ornithoptera and Papilio): [1-2], pl. [1] (1855),
(Papilio II): [3-4], pl. [2] (1856),
(Papilio III): [5-6], pl. [3] (1858),
(Papilio IV): [7-8], pl. [4] (1859),
(Papilio V): [9-10], pl. [5] (1861),
(Papilio VI): [11-12], pl. [6] (1864),
(Papilio VII-VIII): [13-16], pl. [7-8] (1865),
(Papilio IX): [17-18], pl. [9] (1868),
(Papilio X-XII): [19-22], pl. [10-12] (1869),
(Papilio XIII): [23-24], pl. [13] (1873),
(Papilio XIV): [25-26], pl. [14] (1875),
(Papilio XV): [27-28], pl. [15] (1877),
(Pieris I): [29-30], pl. [16] (1852),
(Pieris II): [31-32], pl. [17] (1853),
(Pieris III-VI): [33-40], pl. [18-21] (1861),
(Pieris VII): [41-42], pl. [22] (1862),
(Pieris VIII): [43-44], pl. [23] (1866),
(Euterpe): [45-46], pl. [24] (1860),
(Euterpe II): [47-48], pl. [25] (1872),
(Euterpe and Leptalis): [49-50], pl. [26] (1853),
(Leptalis II): [51-52], pl. [27] (1857),
(Leptalis III): [53-54], pl. [28] (1858),
(Leptalis IV): [55-56], pl. [29] (1860),
(Leptalis V-VII): [57-62], pl. [30-32] (1870),
(Callidryas and Eronia): [63-64], pl. [33] (1867),
(Euploea): [65-66], pl. [34] (1858),
(Euploea II): [67-68], pl. [35] (1866),
(Heliconia I): [69-70], pl. [36] (1853),
(Heliconia II-III): [71-74], pl. [37-38] (1854),
(Heliconia IV): [75-76], pl. [39] (1858),
(Heliconia V): [77-78], pl. [40] (1867),
(Heliconia VI): [79-80], pl. [41] (1871),
(Heliconia and Tithorea VII): [81-82], pl. [42] (1873),
(Heliconia VIII): [83-84], pl. [43] (1875),
(Athesis): [85-86], pl. [44] (1872),
(Mechanitis I): [87-88], pl. [45] (1856),
(Mechanitis II-III): [89-92], pl. [46-47] (1860),
(Ithomia I): [93-94], pl. [48] (1851),
(Ithomia II): [95-96], pl. [49] (1852),
(Ithomia III): [97-98], pl. [50] (1853),
(Ithomia IV-V): [99-102], pl. [51-52] (1854),
(Ithomia VI-XIII): [103-118], pl. [53-60] (1855)
Hewitson, 1870
Descriptions of twenty-two new species of equatorial Lepidoptera
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870
: 153-163
Hewitson, 1874
Bolivian Butterflies collected by Mr. Buckley - Descriptions of new species of butterflies collected by Mr. Buckley in Bolivia
Bolivian Butts Buckley
: 1-22
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hopffer, 1874
Neue Lepidopteren von Peru und Bolivia
Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12)
: 329-371
Hübner, 1825
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 3 [1824-] 1825 [-1831]
Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 3
: [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-40, [41-48] (1827 - 1831),
: pl. [70-100], f. 401-582 (1824),
: pl. [101-103], f. 583-600 (1825)
Jasinski, 1998
Description of a new species of Catasticta from Ecuador
Genus, 9 (3): 399-404
Joicey & Rosenberg, 1915
Descriptions of New Species of the Pierine genera Catasticta and DaptoneuraTrans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (1)
: 147-151, pl. 10
Joicey & Talbot, 1918
New South-American Rhopalocera
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1917
: 259-264, pl. 1
Kollar, 1850
Beiträge zur Insecten-Fauna von Neu-Granada und Venezuela
Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 1
: 351-364, pl. 42-45
Krüger, 1925
Einige neue Falterformen aus Kolumbien und Surinam
Dt. ent. Zs. Iris 39 (3)
: 146-151
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
Bollino & Lamas, 2004; Lamas & Bollino, 2004
Revisional notes on the "amastris" group of Catasticta Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with description of new species and subspecies
Zootaxa 605: 1-19
Lathy & Rosenberg, 1912
Notes on the genus Catasticta, with descriptions of new species
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1911 (3)
: 519-527, pl. 45-46
[MC2]; Le Crom, Llorente, Constantino & Salazar, 2004
Mariposas de Colombia. Tomo 2: Pieridae
Mariposas Colombia 2
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Lucas, 1852
Description de nouvelles Espèces de Lépidoptères appartenant aux Collections entomologiques du Musée de Paris
Revue Mag. Zool. (2)
4 (3): 128-141 (1852),
4 (4): 189-198 (1852),
4 (6): 290-300 (1852),
4 (7): 324-343 (1852),
4 (9): 422-432, pl. 10 (1852),
5 (7): 310-322 (1853)
Mengel, 1899
Four new species of butterflies from South America
Ent. News 10 (6)
: 166-168, pl. 5
Pelham, 2008
A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada
J. Res. Lepid. 40
: 1-652
[EcuL]; Racheli & Racheli, 2001
An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae)
Frag. ent. 33 (2)
: 213-380
Reakirt, 1863
Notes on Central American Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species
Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2
(2): 135-142 (1863),
(3): 345-360 (1864)
Reakirt, 1866
Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera
Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3)
: 238-249
Reissinger, 1970
Neue neotropische Pieriden (Lepidoptera, Dismorphiinae et Pierinae)
Acta Ent. Musei Nat. Pragae 38
: 409-414, 2pls (1969)
Reissinger, 1972
Zur Taxonomie und Systematic der Gattung Catasticta Butler (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)
Ent. Zs. 82
(10): 97-112,
(11): 113-124
Rey & Pyrcz, 1996
A perfect mimicry of two cloud forest pierids; Leptophobia eleone and Catasticta revancha new sp. (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)
Genus, 7 (3): 497-502
Sharpe, 1915
Descriptions of Three new Neotropical Butterflies
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 16 (95)
: 411-412
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Strand, 1916
Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Lepidoptera aus der Sammlung W. Niepelt
Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (2)
: 1-26, pl. 13-17
Tessmann, 1928
Neue Schmetterlinge aus Ostperu
Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 14
: 115-130, 23fgs
[BCR]; DeVries, 1987
Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
The Butterflies of Costa Rica 1
Weymer, 1907
Exotische Lepidopteren
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2)
: 1-51, pl. 1-2
Winhard, 2000
Pieridae I
Butterflies of the world 10
: 1-40, pl. title,1-48,back
Wojtusiak, 1998
North andean cloud forest and subpáramo species of the genus Catasticta: C. chrysolopha Kollar, C. spectrum Reissinger and C. abdita new species
Lambillionea 98 (4): 595-599
Wojtusiak & Rey, 1999
Forest-Páramo ecotone butterflies of the genus Catasticta in the Tama Range, Venezuela - Colombia border: C. uricoecheae inopa new subsp. and C. tricolor tomasi new subsb.
Lambillionea 99 (1): 87-90
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