Uraneis Bates, 1868 is a valid genus and Esthemopheles Röber, 1903 is its junior subjective synonym

Currently included within Thisbe Hübner, [1819] (type species Papilio belise Stoll, 1782, which is a junior subjective synonym of Papilio irenea Stoll, 1780), Uraneis Bates, 1868 (type species Tharops hyalina Butler, 1867) and Esthemopheles Röber, 1903 (type species Esthemopheles lamprolenis Röber, 1903, currently treated as a junior subjective synonym of Uraneis ucubis Hewitson, 1870) are not monophyletic with it, instead forming a clade (Fig. 23 red) sister to several genera (Fig. 23). To restore the monophyly, we propose that Uraneis Bates, 1868 stat. rest. is a valid genus and not a synonym of Thisbe Hübner, [1819] . The type species of Uraneis and Esthemopheles are closely related to each other (Fig. 23 red); e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 5.6% (37 bp), and, therefore, we keep Esthemopheles Röber, 1903 as a junior subjective synonym, but place it in synonymy with Uraneis Bates, 1868 and not with Thisbe Hübner, [1819] .