Hestinalis Bryk, 1938

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 : 35

Hestinalis Bryk, 1938 is a junior subjective synonym of Mimathyma Moore, 1896

In the genomic tree Hestinalis Bryk, 1938 (type species Hestina mimetica Butler, 1874 ) originates within Mimathyma Moore, 1896 (type species Athyma chevana

Moore, 1866) rendering it paraphyletic (Fig. 37). To restore monophyly and considering genetic closeness of these species, we propose that Hestinalis Bryk, 1938 is a junior subjective synonym of Mimathyma Moore, 1896 . Curiously, Hestina Westwood, 1850 (type species Papilio assimilis Linnaeus, 1758 ) is in a different clade and thus is not synonymous with Hestinalis .