| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Tinoliinae (subfamily)/ Mecyra (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Calesia |
| Authorship: | Waker, 1865 |
| Citation: | Genus Mecyra |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Mecyra invaria Walker, 1865. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIII.– Supplement Part 3: 980. By monotypy. Included by Poole (1989) as a junior synonym of Calesia Guenée, 1852. |
| Publication: | Walker F. 1865c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIII.– Supplement Part 3. |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 33 |
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| Pagination: | 979–980 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38918036 |