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Perophthalma Westwood, [1851]
Perophthalma Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 455, TS: Mesosemia tenera Westwood
Peropthalma ; Mengel, 1905, Cat. Erycin.: 56
Perophthalma (Erycininae) ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 451
Perophthalma (Mesosemiina) ; Stichel
Perophthalma (Mesosemiini) ; Harvey, 1987
Perophthalma (Mesosemiina) ; Hall, 2003, Syst. Ent. 28 (1): 33; [NL4A, 147]

Perophthalma tullius (Fabricius, 1787)
Mexico - French Guiana, Brazil(Pará), Venezuela. See [About maps] Papilio tullius Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum, 2: 34, TL: French Guiana
Mesosemia tenera Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 455
Mesosemia tenera Doubleday, 1847; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil, Pará; Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #319]
Perophthalma tenera ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 451
Perophthalma tullius tullius ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 146
Perophthalma tullius ; [BCR2, 127]; [BOW: pl. 77, f. 22]; [NL4A, #319]

Larva on Palicourea guianensis [BCR2]


Perophthalma lasus Westwood, 1851
Costa Rica - Panama, Honduras. See [About maps] Perophthalma lasus Westwood, 1851; , TL: Honduras
Mesosemia lasus Doubleday, 1847; (nom. nud.), TL: Honduras
= ; [NL4A, #320]
Perophthalma lasus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Perophthalma lasus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Perophthalma lasus ; [BCR2, 127]; [NL4A, #320]

Perophthalma lasciva Stichel, 1929
Colombia. See [About maps] Perophthalma lasciva Stichel, 1929; , TL: Colombia
Perophthalma lasciva ; [NL4A, #321]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BCR2]
DeVries, Philip J.; The Butterflies of Costa Rica; Vol. II: Riodinidae
[BOA]
Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[ILMB]
Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea


Some related literature:
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera (continued) J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 145-168
Westwood, 1851
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), 19-132, pl. 4x, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), 133-200, pl. 1x, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Godman & Salvin, [1886]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. (1879-1886) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 1-487, 3: pl. 1-112
Hall, 2003
Phylogenetic reassessment of the five forewing radial-veined tribes of the Riodininae (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) Syst. Ent. 28 (1): 23-37


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