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.
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)
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