Toxidia Explained

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:

• 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

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Toxidia at funet