Trapezitinae
| Trapezitinae |
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| Illustration of resting position (left) and hindwing venation (right) |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| (unranked): |
Rhopalocera |
| Superfamily: |
Hesperioidea |
| Family: |
Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: |
Trapezitinae |
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| 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 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
- 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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