Perisama is a
brush-footed butterfly
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genus
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found in the
Neotropical realm
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Definition
In bi ...
, ranging from
Colombia and
Venezuela
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to
Argentina
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.
Species
Listed alphabetically by group and within groups:
"''Perisama'' Doubleday, [1849]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
The ''alicia'' species group">849]"">"''Perisama'' Doubleday, [1849]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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
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:"''Perisama'' Doubleday, '' Godman & Salvin, 1880
*'' 849]"at Markku Savela's ''Lep ...