Mesosemia eumene furia Stichel, 1910

Mesosemia eumene furia Stichel, 1910 View in CoL is a junior subjective synonym of Ectosemia erinnya (Stichel, 1910)

Genomic analysis of syntypes of Mesosemia eumene erinnya Stichel, 1910 (type locality in Ecuador and Peru, sequenced as NVG-21126B12 and NVG-21126C01), currently a valid species of Ectosemia Grishin, 2021 (type species Papilio eumene Cramer, 1776 ) and Mesosemia eumene furia Stichel, 1910 (type locality in Bolivia and Peru, sequenced as NVG-21126B11) kept in the same status since its description and, as a consequence of being a subspecies of the type species (Zhang et al. 2021) of Ectosemia , transferred in this genus, reveals that they are genetically close ( Fig. 15), do not segregate into separate clades, and most likely are conspecific. Therefore, we propose that Mesosemia eumene furia Stichel, 1910 , syn. nov. is a junior subjective synonym of Ectosemia erinnya (Stichel, 1910) . To define these taxa objectively and to clarify their type localities, their lectotypes are designated below.

First, N.V.G. hereby designates a syntype in the MFNB collection, a female with the following six printed (but 4 th handwritten) labels, the 1 st red, 4 th greenish-gray, and others white: [Typus], [Süd Peru | Pozuzo | e.c.H.Stichel], [2266], [erinnya | Stich.], [ex coll. | H. STICHEL], and [DNA sample ID: | NVG-21126B12 | c/o Nick V. Grishin ] as the lectotype of Mesosemia eumene erinnya Stichel, 1910 . The lectotype is a specimen in good condition with half of its right antenna broken off, and some scales rubbed off near the middle of the forewing outer margin. The type locality of Ectosemia erinnya becomes Peru: Pozuzo. According to our genomic analysis, the lectotype is conspecific with the paralectotype (NVG-21126C01) from Ecuador: Archidona ( Fig. 15).

Second, N.V.G. hereby designates a syntype in the MFNB collection, a male with the following six printed (but 4 th handwritten) labels, the 1 st red, 4 th greenish-gray, and others white: [Typus], [ Bolivia La Paz | Farinas | e.c.H.Stichel], [2265], [furia | Stich.], [ex coll. | H. STICHEL], and [DNA sample ID: | NVG-21126B11 | c/o Nick V. Grishin ] as the lectotype of Mesosemia eumene furia Stichel, 1910 . The lectotype lacks the abdomen, and outer-marginal segments of the right forewing are chipped off from the middle to the tornus. The type locality of M. e. furia becomes Bolivia: La Paz, Farinas.