Trapezitinae

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Hesperioidea		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Subfamily

Similar Euschemon, Eudaminae, Skipperling, Firetips, Spread‑winged skipper

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.

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

Trapezitinae Wikipedia

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