An illustrated annotated check-list of the species of Catasticta (s. l.) Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Venezuela Author Bollino, Maurizio Author Costa, Mauro text Zootaxa 2007 1469 1 42 journal article 49719 10.5281/zenodo.176651 c693fa7b-b09f-407d-80c3-c870485429ae 1175-5326 176651 Catasticta chrysolopha beatrizae ssp. nov. Holotype : male, Vía Sanare – Caspo, 1900 m ., Edo. Lara, Venezuela , 15-II-2004 , Col. Juan C. De Sousa C., presently in DSBV , will be deposited in MIZA (fig. 9: g-h) Description: FW length: 22 mm . Dorsal surface: black ground color. FW discal band with four spots: the anal one whitish with dark suffusion, those in cells CuA1-CuA2 and CuA2-2A whitish with strong orange suffusion, that in cell M3-CuA1 faintly marked. Submarginal spots nearly obsolete. HW with discal band as in other subspecies, but costal white spots dashed by dark scales. Submarginal spots nearly obsolete. Ventral surface: FW with greyish discal band; premarginal series uncomplete, composed by four small spots in cells R3-R4/R5, R4/R5-M1, M1-M2 and M2-M3; submarginal spots small and subtriangular, those in cells R4/R5-M1, M1-M2 and M2-M3 mostly yellow, the remnants greyish. HW the same as in other subspecies, but postdiscal black band heavily marked and large; submarginal portion of cells greyish. Diagnostic characters: the new subspecies is characterized by its large size and melanistic appearance of both wing surfaces. Orange suffusion of FW discal spots in cells CuA1-CuA2 and CuA2-2A was not observed in long series of other subspecies. Paratypes ( 6 males , 1 female ): 2 males , same data as holotype ; 1 male , same data as holotype , but 23-I- 2000 , all in DSBV ; 1 male , same data as holotype , in MCCV ; 1 male , same data as holotype , in FRSV ; 1 male , same data as holotype , in MBLI ; 1 female , Vía Sanare–Caspo, 1900 m ., Edo. Lara, Venezuela , 26-XII-1999 , Col. Andrés M. Orellana, in AOMV Distribution: To the best of our knowledge, the new subspecies is restricted to the vicinity of its type locality. Etymology: a noun in the genitive case after Mrs. Beatriz Coelho De Sousa, mother of Juan Carlos De Sousa who collected most of type series.