A new Perichares from the Cosñipata Valley, Cusco, Peru, and the revalidation of Perichares lindigiana stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

Ayane Suenia-Bastos, Adalberto Dantas de Medeiros, Suianne Caje, Emanoel Pereira Gualberto, Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke, Mirna Martins Casagrande

Pages	197–205
DOI	10.37520/aemnp.2025.015
Keywords	Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Pericharini, Pericharina, taxonomy, new species, Neotropical Region
Type of Article	Peer-reviewed
Citation	SUENIA-BASTOS, Ayane, MEDEIROS, Adalberto Dantas de, CAJE, Suianne, GUALBERTO, Emanoel Pereira, MIELKE, Olaf Hermann Hendrik a CASAGRANDE, Mirna Martins. A new Perichares from the Cosñipata Valley, Cusco, Peru, and the revalidation of Perichares lindigiana stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2025, 65(1), 197–205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2025.015. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-entomologica-musei-nationalis-pragae/65-1/a-new-perichares-from-the-cosipata-valley-cusco-peru-and-the-revalidation-of-perichares-lindigiana-stat-rev-lepidoptera-hesperiidae

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2025/65/1

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.

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