Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) Author Cong, Qian Author Zhang, Jing Author Shen, Jinhui Author Grishin, Nick V. text Insecta Mundi 2019 2019-10-11 731 731 1 56 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.3677235 1ee19d5d-27cf-4c93-989c-3fe3eb467203 1942-1354 3677235 BA35690A-FC73-4E5A-A805-FE9550275FEC Alera Mabille, 1891 is a synonym of Perichares Scudder, 1872 We find ( Fig. 13 ) that Alera furcata Mabille, 1891 and Perichares philetes (Gmelin, [1790]) , the type species of both genera (technically, Papilio coridon Fabricius, 1775 , a homonym, considered to refer to Perichares philetes , is the type species of Perichares ) are genetically close (COI barcodes differ by about 6.5%). Moreover, several species of Alera that we sequenced are not monophyletic and are interspersed between species of Perichares . For these reasons, we consider Alera to be a subjective junior synonym of Perichares .