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, " 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 Godman & Salvin, 1880 Perisama guerini C. & R. Felder, Perisama humboldtii (Guérin-Méneville, ) 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, ) 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, ) 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, )
The oppelii species group: Perisama oppelii (Latreille, ) Perisama xanthica (Hewitson, 1868)
The paralicia species group: Perisama paralicia Fruhstorfer, 1916
The philinus species group: Perisama philinus Doubleday, 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
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