Vistigma (Vistigma) meesi (de Jong, 1983), 2024

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2024, New taxa of butterflies supported by genomic analysis, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 12 (3), pp. 1-63 : 53

Phlebodes meesi de Jong, 1983 belongs to the nominal subgenus of Vistigma Hayward, 1939 and not to Phlebodes Hübner, 1819

Genomic analysis reveals that Phlebodes meesi de Jong, 1983 (type locality in Suriname) is not monophyletic with Phlebodes Hübner, [1819] (type species Papilio pertinax Stoll, 1781 ) but instead originates within the nominal subgenus of Vistigma Hayward, 1939 (type species Vistigma xanthobasis Hayward, 1939 ) being a close sister to Vistigma (Vistigma) vira (Butler, 1870) (type locality in Brazil: Pará) ( Fig. 57). Therefore, we transfer it to this genus as Vistigma (Vistigma) meesi (de Jong, 1983) , comb. nov.