Toxidia | |
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Toxidia parvula, male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: | Trapezitinae |
Genus: | Toxidia Mabille, 1891 |
Toxidia is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Trapezitinae of family Hesperiidae. The contained species are found in the Australasian realm.
The genus includes the following species: [1]
Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is flats, for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera. They are the type genus of tribe Celaenorrhinini.
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.
Autochton is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found from Mexico to South America.
Polites is a genus of North American butterflies of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae.
The Euphyes is genus of North American butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae.
Astictopterus is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. There are two species groups, one Afrotropical, the other Indomalayan.
Borbo is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the tribe Baorini, and as such are among those skippers commonly known as swifts.
Hesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout most of Australia.
Jemadia is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.
Nastra is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Neohesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Odina is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1891. The species in this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.
Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Paronymus, the large darts, is an Afrotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Sarangesa is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Most of the species in the genus are found in the Afrotropical realm, while a few are in the Indomalayan realm.
Pasma tasmanicus, the two spotted grass skipper, is the only species in the monotypic butterfly genus Pasma of the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Gustavus Athol Waterhouse in 1932. The species was first described by William Henry Miskin in 1889. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
Toxidia rietmanni, the white-brand skipper or whitebranded grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.
Toxidia inornata, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The common name for this species is spotless grass-skipper or inornata skipper. It is found in Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia's Cape York and surrounding islands.