A new Perichares from the Cosñipata Valley, Cusco, Peru, and the revalidation of Perichares lindigiana stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Suenia-Bastos Ayane, Medeiros Adalberto Dantas de, Caje Suianne, Gualberto Emanoel Pereira, Mielke Olaf Hermann Hendrik, Casagrande Mirna Martins
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 65(1): 197-205, 2025
Published online: 18th September 2025
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Abstract: A new Perichares Scudder, 1872, Perichares cosnipata Suênia-Bastos, O. Mielke
& Casagrande sp. nov., is described from the Cosñipata Valley, Cusco, Peru,
and P. lindigiana (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) stat. rev. from Venezuela,
Colombia, Peru and Bolivia is revalidated. After this study, Perichares contains
24 species. In addition, lectotypes are designated for Hesperia colenda
Hewitson, 1866 and Hesperia lindigiana C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867, and a
key to the related species of Perichares is provided here.
Key words: Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Pericharini, Pericharina, taxonomy, new species, Neotropical Region