Mesene aeolia (Bates, 1868), 2021

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Opler, Paul A. & Grishin, Nick V., 2021, Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 9 (3), pp. 1-55 : 23

Mesene aeolia (Bates, 1868) , new combination

Kept in Esthemopsis C. & R. Felder, 1865 (type species Esthemopsis clonia C. & R. Felder, 1865) since its description, E. aeolia Bates, 1868

(type locality Brazil: Para) is not monophyletic with it, and instead is sister to Mesene argentea Bates, 1866 , the type species of Chimastrum

Godman & Salvin, 1886 that originates within Mesene Doubleday, 1847

(type species Papilio phareus Cramer, 1777 ) (Fig. 18, sequenced specimen in Fig. 19), implying Mesene aeolia (Bates, 1868) comb. nov.