3 Catasticta prioneris (Hopffer, 1874) (TL: Peru Chanchamayo)

(fig. 4: g-l, fig. 14)

Catasticta prioneris araguana Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998 (TL: Venezuela, Aragua, Maracay) is seldom encountered, usually as single individuals, in the Cordillera de la Costa at 1400–2200 meters. Recently collected specimens from El Tamá and the south-eastern Cordillera de Mérida differ in wing pattern and distribution from nearby ssp. araguana, ssp. estancia Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998 (TL: Ecuador, Tungurahua, Río Estancias) and ssp. nigrilineata Bollino, Rodríguez & Constantino, 2004 (TL: Colombia, Santander, San José de Suaita).