Biology:Toxidia

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Toxidia
Banded Grass-skipper (13807109973).jpg
Toxidia parvula, male
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Trapezitinae
Genus: Toxidia
Mabille, 1891
Toxidia doubledayi, Australia

Toxidia is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Trapezitinae of family Hesperiidae. The contained species are found in the Australasian realm.

Species

The genus includes the following species:[1]

  • Toxidia andersoni (Kirby, 1893) (southern grass-skipper)
  • Toxidia arfakensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1917)
  • Toxidia crocea (Miskin, 1889) (narrow-brand grass-skipper)
  • Toxidia doubledayi Felder, 1862 (lilac grass-skipper)
  • Toxidia inornata (Butler, 1883) (spotless grass-skipper)
  • Toxidia parvula Plötz, 1884 (banded grass-skipper)
  • Toxidia rietmanni (Semper, 1879) (white-brand grass-skipper)
  • Toxidia senta (Miskin, 1891) (senta skipper)
  • Toxidia thyrrhus Mabille, 1891 (dusky grass-skipper)
  • Toxidia xanthomera (Meyrick & Lower, 1902) (yellow grass-skipper)
  • Toxidia xiphiphora (Lower, 1911) (sword-brand grass-skipper)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7830421 entry