Pellicia (Hemipteris) meno (Mabille, 1889)

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2025, Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 12 (5), pp. 1-201 : 124

Pellicia (Hemipteris) meno (Mabille, 1889) is a valid species distinct from Pellicia (Pellicia) dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870

Genomic sequencing of the holotype of Arteurotia meno Mabille, 1889 (type locality in Panama, sequenced as NVG-15032E05), currently a subspecies of Pellicia (Pellicia) dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 (type locality in Mexico and La Guaira, [ Venezuela], a syntype from Venezuela sequenced as NVG-15032E10), reveals that it is not monophyletic with it and instead belongs to the subgenus Hemipteris Mabille, 1889 (type species Hemipteris fumida Mabille, 1889 , currently treated as a junior subjective synonym of Pellicia tyana Plötz, 1882 , but see below) ( Fig. 90). Because A. meno is not conspecific with any older name in this subgenus, we propose that Pellicia (Hemipteris) meno (Mabille, 1889) , stat. rest. is a valid species distinct from Pellicia (Pellicia) dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 .