Trapezitinae

Trapezitinae
Illustration of resting position (left) and hindwing venation (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Hesperioidea
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Trapezitinae
Genera
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Trapezitinae is a subfamily of the Hesperiidae ("skippers") family of butterflies. They are found only in New Guinea and Australia. The subfamily contains about 60 species in 16 genera.

Genera

• Rachelia Hemming, 1964
• Trapezites Hübner, 1819
• Anisynta Lower, 1911
• Pasma Waterhouse, 1932
• Dispar Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
• Felicena Waterhouse, 1932
• Neohesperilla Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
• Toxidia Mabille, 1891
• Signeta Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
• Oreisplanus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
• Hesperilla Hewitson, 1868
• Hewitsoniella Shepard, 1931
• Motasingha Watson, 1893
• Antipodia Atkins, 1984
• Proeidosa Atkins, 1973
• Croitana Waterhouse, 1932
• Herimosa Atkins, 1994
• Mesodina Meyrick, 1901

References

• Ackery, P.R., de Jong, R and Vane-Wright, R.I. (1999). The Butterflies: Hedyloidea, Hesperioidea and Papilionoidae. pp. 263–300 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.(Hesperioidea de Jong)

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