Trapezitinae

Taxobox | name = Trapezitinae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Rhopalocera
superfamilia = Hesperioidea
familia = Hesperiidae
subfamilia = Trapezitinae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="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

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.

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

* [http://tolweb.org/Trapezitinae/12154 TOL]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/trapezitinae/ Flickr] Images