We present a systematic list of the species of Catasticta found in Venezuela and synthesize the results of extensive recent fieldwork and museum study with conclusions and findings previously reported in the scientific literature. Twenty-one taxa are present in Venezuela while two species previously reported from the country (i.e. C. radiata and C. truncata) are removed. Catasticta philone philone, C. apaturina subturina, C. cinerea suprema, and C. rochereaui rochereaui stat. rev. are reported from Venezuela for the first time; the taxonomic status of C. troezene and C. gelba is revised; C. flisa viloriai new subspecies, C. sisamnus ayanganna new subspecies, C. prioneris parrishi new subspecies, C. philoscia reyi new subspecies, C. troezene miza new subspecies, C. seitzi clarita new subspecies, and C. chrysolopha beatrizae new subspecies are described. Maps show the distribution of each taxon in Venezuela
Se proveen datos y anotaciones sobre los representantes de los géneros Ocaria Clench, 1970 y Strymon Hübner, 1818 encontrados en el Pantepui y áreas adyacentes en el sur de Venezuela con particular enfoque en el endemismo.
Lamprospilus ayawi sp. nov. (Lycaenidae, Theclinae), whose male possesses distinctive transparent wing patches, is described from the Guiana Highlands of South America, on the basis of six males and five females from Venezuela (Auyán and Sororopán Tepuis) and one male from Guyana (Acarai Mts.).Resumen. Lamprospilus ayawi sp. nov. (Lycaenidae, Theclinae), cuyo macho presenta porciones transparentes distintivas en las alas, se describe de las Tierras Altas del Escudo Guayanés en Suramérica, sobre la base de seis machos y cinco hembras de Venezuela (Auyán y Sororopán Tepui) y de un macho de Guyana (Montes Acarai).
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