Mesapia Gray, 1856

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 : 11

Mesapia Gray, 1856 is a junior subjective synonym of Aporia Hübner, [1819]

A monotypic genus Mesapia Gray, 1856 (type and the only species Pieris peloria Hewitson, 1853 ) originates within Aporia Hübner, [1819] (type species

Papilio crataegi Linnaeus, 1758 ) rendering it paraphyletic

(Fig. 11). Due to the close relationship of these taxa, it is not desirable to restore monophyly by breaking Aporia into at least 3 genera. Therefore, agreeing with previous studies ( Ding and Zhang 2016; Todisco et al. 2020), genomic-scale phylogeny provides the ultimate evidence that Mesapia Gray, 1856 is a junior subjective synonym of Aporia Hübner, [1819] .