Perisama Explained

Perisama is a brush-footed butterfly genus found in the Neotropical realm, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to Argentina.

Species

Listed alphabetically by group and within groups:^[1]

The alicia species group:

• Perisama alicia (Hewitson, 1868) — Alice's Pericloud
• Perisama cabirnia (Hewitson, 1874)
• Perisama comnena (Hewitson, 1868)
• Perisama emma Oberthür, 1916
• Perisama gisco Godman & Salvin, 1880
• Perisama guerini C. & R. Felder, [1867]
• Perisama humboldtii (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
• Perisama ilia Röber, 1915
• Perisama nevada Attal & Crosson du Cormier, 1996
• Perisama tringa (Guenée, 1872)
• Perisama vitringa (Hewitson, 1858)
• Perisama yeba (Hewitson, 1857)

The bomplandii species group:

• Perisama bomplandii (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
• Perisama morona (Hewitson, 1868)
• Perisama moronina Röber, 1915

The canoma species group:

• Perisama canoma Druce, 1874 – Manu Pericloud
• Perisama satanas Attal & Crosson du Cormier, 1996

The dorbignyi species group:

• Perisama aldasi Attal & Crosson du Cormier, 1996
• Perisama dorbignyi (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
• Perisama jurinei (Guenée, 1872) – Cyan-banded Pericloud
• Perisama patara (Hewitson, 1855

The lebasii species group:

• Perisama ambatensis Oberthür, 1916
• Perisama calamis (Hewitson, 1869)
• Perisama hilara Salvin, 1869
• Perisama koenigi Descimon & Mast de Maeght, 1995
• Perisama lanice (Hewitson, 1868)
• Perisama lebasii (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])

The oppelii species group:

• Perisama oppelii (Latreille, [1809])
• Perisama xanthica (Hewitson, 1868)

The paralicia species group:

• Perisama paralicia Fruhstorfer, 1916

The philinus species group:

• Perisama philinus Doubleday, [1849]
• Perisama tristrigosa Butler, 1873 – Butler's Pericloud

The tryphena species group:

• Perisama affinis Attal & Crosson du Cormier, 1996
• Perisama antioquia Attal & Crosson du Cormier, 1996
• Perisama cloelia (Hewitson, 1868)
• Perisama goeringi Druce, 1875
• Perisama hazarma (Hewitson, 1877)
• Perisama ouma Dognin, 1891
• Perisama tryphena (Hewitson, 1857) — Straw-vented Pericloud
• Perisama typhania Oberthür, 1916

Unknown taxa:

• Perisama amyntichus Doubleday, 1849

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/biblidinae/perisama/ "Perisama Doubleday, [1849]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms