| Trapezitinae | |
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| Illustration of resting position (left) and hindwing venation (right) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| (unranked): | Rhopalocera |
| Superfamily: | Hesperioidea |
| 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 sixty species in sixteen genera.