Trapezitinae

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Trapezitinae
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Trapezitinae
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

Trapezitinae is a subfamily of the Hesperiidae ("skippers") family of butterflies. They are found only in New Guinea and Australia.The subfamily contains about sixty species in sixteen genera.

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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