| Trapezitinae | |
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| Trapezites symmomus | |
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| 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 | |
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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
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 Data related to Trapezitinae at Wikispecies- TOL
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