Trapezitinae

Subfamily of butterflies

Trapezitinae

Trapezites symmomus

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

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)