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Issue: Vol. 5636 No. 1: 15 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.1
Page range: 1-34
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Integrative taxonomy, phylogeny and distribution patterns of the diverse Neotropical cloud forest butterfly genus Perisama Doubleday (Nymphalidae, Biblidinae, Callicorini)

Nature Education Centre; Jagiellonian University; Gronostajowa 5; 30-387 Kraków; Poland
Department of Biology; Lund University; Solvegatan 35; Lund 223 62; Sweden
7 Lotissement l’Horizon; Le Puy Sainte Réparade; France
Programa Académico de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas; Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas; Carrera 10 N° 19-62; Bogota; Colombia.
Programa Académico de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas; Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas; Carrera 10 N° 19-62; Bogota; Colombia.
Department of Invertebrate Evolution; Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research; Jagiellonian University; Gronostajowa 9; 30- 387 Kraków; Poland
Lepidoptera Andes colour patterns male genitalia molecular data

Abstract

Phylogenetic relationships of the predominantly Andean species-rich nymphalid genus Perisama are explored based on five genetic markers and a total of 3719 bps, and morphological characters of the adults with an emphasis on male genitalia and wing colour patterns. Its monophyly is recovered by including the genera Orophila, which turns out polyphyletic, and Mesotaenia. Two main, highly supported clades are identified, one comprising P. bomplandii and P. oppelii, the other all the remaining species. It is estimated that Perisama and its sister genus Diaethria diverged in Miocene, whereas its main radiation occurred in later Pliocene and throughout Pleistocene and into Holocene, simultaneously with the final Andean uplift. Alpha-taxonomic revision of Perisama was made. Based on comprehensive taxon sampling it is shown that colour patterns are less stable on a geographic scale than previously considered, thus several subspecies were synonymized. An updated checklist is presented. Male genitalia confirm as a more reliable taxonomic character for specific identification of Perisama.

 

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Zubek, A., Wahlberg, N., Boyer, P., Lorenc-Brudecka, J., Mahecha-J., O. & Pyrcz, T. (2025) Integrative taxonomy, phylogeny and distribution patterns of the diverse Neotropical cloud forest butterfly genus Perisama Doubleday (Nymphalidae, Biblidinae, Callicorini). Zootaxa, 5636 (1), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.1