Trapezitinae

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 20 genera.

Trapezitinae
Trapezites symmomus
Illustration of resting position (left) and hindwing venation (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Trapezitinae
Genera
See text

Genera

• Anisynta Lower, 1911
• Atkinsia Braby & Toussaint, 2022
• Antipodia Atkins, 1984
• Croitana Waterhouse, 1932
• Dispar Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
• Felicena Waterhouse, 1932
• Herimosa Atkins, 1994
• Hesperilla Hewitson, 1868
• Hewitsoniella Shepard, 1931
• Mesodina Meyrick, 1901
• Motasingha Watson, 1893
• Neohesperilla Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
• Oreisplanus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
• Pasma Waterhouse, 1932
• Prada Evans, 1949
• Proeidosa Atkins, 1973
• Signeta Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
• Rachelia Hemming, 1964
• Toxidia Mabille, 1891
• Trapezites Hübner, 1819

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)

External links

• Media related to Trapezitinae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Trapezitinae at Wikispecies
• TOL
• Flickr Images