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. epsteina Tadokoro, T, Koide, Y. & Hori, K., 2014 (Nepal, southern slope of Himalaya) M. p. peloria (Kukunoor, Tsinghai) M. p. grayi O. Bang-Haas, 1934 (Gansu) M. p. leechi O. Bang-Haas, 1934 (western Sichuan) M. p. tibetensis D'Abrera, 1990 (south-eastern Tibet) M. p. minima Huang, 1998 (north-western Tibet: Xiangangjiang Mountains)
See also Pieridae List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)
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Further reading
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.