''Phareas'' is a genus of
skippers in the 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 ...
, within which it is placed in tribe
Phocidini
The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family (biology), family Hesperiidae). Their original biological type, type genus ''Eudamus'' is today a junior synonym of ''Urbanus (genus), Urbanus''. They are largely found in the Neotrop ...
.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Phareas'':
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Phareas burnsi''
Grishin, 2013
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Phareas coeleste
''Phareas'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, within which it is placed in tribe Phocidini
The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family (biology), family Hesperiidae). Their original biological type, type gen ...
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Westwood, 1852
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Eudaminae
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by John O. Westwood
Taxa described in 1852
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