''Toxidia'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily

Trapezitinae 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 genus, genera. Genera * ''Anisynta'' Lower, 1911 * ''Atkinsia domin ...

of family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

. The contained species are found in the

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua Ne ...

Species

The genus includes the following species: * '' 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) File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate168.JPG , Toxidia in Seitz

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Trapezitinae Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Paul Mabille Taxa described in 1891 {{Hesperiidae-stub