''Phocides'' is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini, of which it is the namesake genus. The distribution of the genus is primarily

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, but a few species occur in the Nearctic.

Species

* '' Phocides belus'' Godman & Salvin, 893/small>

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

* '' Phocides charon'' (C. & R. Felder, 1859)

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

* '' Phocides distans'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ** ''P. distans distans''

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** ''P. distans licinus'' (Möschler, 1879) Colombia,

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** ''P. distans silva'' Evans, 1952

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* '' Phocides johnsoni'' Bell, 1947 Colombia * '' Phocides lincea'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ** ''P. lincea lincea '' Brazil ** ''P. lincea perkinsi'' (Kaye, 1931)

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* '' Phocides metrodorus'' Bell, 1932 ** ''P. metrodorus metrodorus'' Colombia ** ''P. metrodorus metron'' Evans, 1952 Paraguay ** ''P. metrodorus nigrescens '' Bell, 1938 Colombia * '' Phocides novalis'' Evans, 1952 Peru * '' Phocides oreides'' (Hewitson,

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Peru, Bolivia ** ''P. oreides colombiana'' Bell, 1938 Colombia * '' Phocides padrona'' Evans, 1952 Peru * '' Phocides partia'' Evans, 1952 Peru * '' Phocides perillus'' (Mabille, 1888) Colombia * '' Phocides pialia'' (Hewitson, 1857) Mexico to Brazil ** ''P. pialia pialia'' Brazil ** ''P. pialia intermedia'' Mielke, 1992 Brazil (Minas Gerais) ** ''P. pialia maximus'' (Mabille, 1888) Brazil * '' Phocides pigmalion'' (Cramer, 779 – mangrove skipper – south

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, Antilles, Colombia, Mexico ** ''P. pigmalion bicolora'' (Boddaert, 1783) ** ''P. pigmalion batabano'' (Lucas, 1857)

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, Tropical America ** ''P. pigmalion okeechobee'' (Worthington, 1881)

** ''P. pigmalion hewitsonius '' (Mabille, 1883) Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Bolivia ** ''P. pigmalion batabanoides'' (Holland, 1903)

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* '' Phocides polybius'' ( Fabricius, 1793) – guava skipper – south

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, Mexico to Argentina, Central America, South America ** ''P. polybius polybius'' Suriname, Guyana ** ''P. polybius lilea'' (Reakirt, 867

, Mexico to Colombia, Brazil ** ''P. polybius phanias'' (Burmeister, 1880)

, Brazil * '' Phocides thermus'' (Mabille, 1883)

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** ''P. thermus thermus'' Colombia ** ''P. thermus valgus'' (Mabille, 1883)

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** ''P. thermus bellina '' Evans, 1952

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

* '' Phocides urania'' (Westwood, 852 ** ''P. urania urania'' Mexico,

** ''P. urania vida'' (Butler, 1872) Costa Rica,

* '' Phocides vulcanides'' Röber, 1925 Colombia * '' Phocides yokhara'' (Butler, 1870) ** ''P. yokhara yokhara '' Peru ** ''P. yokhara charonotis'' (Hewitson, 1874) Bolivia, Peru ** ''P. yokhara dryas '' Le Cerf, 1922 Peru ** ''P. yokhara inca '' Le Cerf, 1922 Peru

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Phocides at funet

External links

Images representing ''Phocides'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Eudaminae Hesperiidae of South America Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Hesperiidae-stub