Silphium perfoliatum

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)

External links

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