Fresna (Mesna) bassa (Lindsey & L. Miller, 1965) Zhang & Cong & Shen & Song & Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11 (3), pp. 1-94 : 73

Fresna (Mesna) bassa (Lindsey & L. Miller, 1965) is a species distinct from Fresna (Mesna) leucophaea ( Holland, 1894)

Genetic differentiation between Meza leucophaea bassa Lindsey & L. Miller, 1965 (type locality in Liberia, holotype sequenced as NVG-20124H07) that we placed in the genus Fresna Evans, 1937 (type species Hesperia netopha Hewitson, 1878 ) and Fresna leucophaea leucophaea ( Holland, 1894) (type locality in Gabon, syntypes sequenced as NVG-21099F07 and NVG-21099F08) is notable, e.g., COI barcode differ by 3.3% (22 bp) and the two taxa form separate clades in genomic trees ( Figs. 45, 46). Therefore, we propose that Fresna (Mesna) bassa (Lindsey & L. Miller, 1965) , stat. nov. is a species distinct from Fresna (Mesna) leucophaea ( Holland, 1894).