Mesapia

Mesapia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Mesapia Gray, 1856 [1]
Species:	M. peloria
Binomial name
Mesapia peloria (Hewitson, 1853)
Synonyms
Pieris peloriaHewitson, 1853 Aporia peloria Aporia lamaAlphéraky, 1887

Mesapia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It contains only one species, Mesapia peloria, the Tibet blackvein, which is found in India, Nepal and China. It is a mid-sized to large species.

Subspecies

• M. p. epsteinaTadokoro, T, Koide, Y. & Hori, K., 2014 (Nepal, southern slope of Himalaya)
• M. p. peloria (Kukunoor, Tsinghai)
• M. p. grayiO. Bang-Haas, 1934 (Gansu)
• M. p. leechiO. Bang-Haas, 1934 (western Sichuan)
• M. p. tibetensisD'Abrera, 1990 (south-eastern Tibet)
• M. p. minimaHuang, 1998 (north-western Tibet: Xiangangjiang Mountains)

See also

• Pieridae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)

References

1. Mesapia, funet.fi

Further reading

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Tadokoro, T, Koide, Y. & Hori, K., 2014. Description of a new subspecies of Mesapia peloria from central Nepal, and taxonomic notes for other subspecies (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 65(2): 51-59. abstract.