Perpheres Hirowatari, 1992

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Perpheres Hirowatari, 1992 is confirmed as a valid genus

Perpheres Hirowatari, 1992 ( type and the only species Thysonotis perpheres (H. H. Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893) ( Fig. 23 olive) was at times lumped with Danis [Fabricius], 1807 ( type species Papilio danis Cramer, 1775 ), but is in a clade different from Danis (subtribe Danina Koçak & Seven, 1997) and the same clade with Castalius Hübner, [1819] ( type species Papilio rosimon Fabricius, 1775 , subtribe Castaliina Distant, 1884 ) ( Fig. 23). Therefore, the placement of T. perpheres in Danis is incorrect and, because Perpheres is genetically distant from genera that are closest to it ( Fig. 23), we confirm Perpheres as a valid genus in the subtribe Castaliina .