Atkinsia is a genus of Australian skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. This genus has a single species, Atkinsia dominula (Plötz, 1884).[1][2]

Atkinsia dominula
Atkinsia dominula, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Trapezitinae
Genus: Atkinsia
Braby & Toussaint, 2022
Species:
A. dominula
Binomial name
Atkinsia dominula
(Plötz, 1884)
Atkinsia dominula, Australia

Subspecies

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These two subspecies belong to the species Atkinsia dominula:

  • Atkinsia dominula dominula (Plötz, 1884)
  • Atkinsia dominula pria (Waterhouse, 1932)

References

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  1. ^ Toussaint Fls, Emmanuel F A; Braby, Michael F; Müller, Chris; Petrie, Edward A; et al. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (4): 1407–1421. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086.
  2. ^ "Genus Atkinsia Braby & Toussaint, 2022". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.