Catasticta nimbata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Pierini
Subtribus: Aporiina
Genus: Catasticta
Subgenus: Catasticta (Catasticta)
Species: Catasticta nimbata
Subspecies: C. n. nimbata – C. n. philobata – C. n. pleione

Name

Catasticta nimbata (Joicey & Talbot, 1918)

Type locality: Peru.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Catasticta philone nimbata Joicey & Talbot, 1918: 260 (original combination)
• Catasticta nimbata (Joicey & Talbot):
• Catasticta feldera Brown, 1939
  • Type locality: Bolivia, between Cocopunco and Pararani, 10000 to 5200ft.
    • Holotype: AME. male ♂.

References

Primary references

• Joicey, J. J. & Talbot, G. 1918. New South American Arctiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1917: 265–270. full article (BHL). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brown, F.M. 1939. New forms and species in the genus Catasticta. I. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 34(2): 120–128. Reference page. 
• Eitschberger, U. & Racheli, T. 1998. Catasticta studies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Neue entomologische nachrichten 41: 5–92. full article Zobodat (PDF). Reference page.