''Phocides'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the skipper 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 ...

, 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

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Species

* '' Phocides batabano'' (Lucas, 1857) ** ''P. batabano okeechobee'' (Worthington, 1881) - Florida ** ''P. batabano batabanoides'' (Holland, 1903) -

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** ''P. batabano batabano'' (Lucas, 1857) - Cuba, Cayman * '' Phocides belus'' Godman & Salvin, 893/small> - Mexico * '' Phocides bicolora'' (Boddaert, 1783) -

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

Phocides distans ''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 Neotropical, but a few species occur in the Nearc ...

'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ** ''P. distans distans'' - Venezuela ** ''P. distans licinus'' (Möschler, 1879) - Colombia, Panama ** ''P. distans silva'' Evans, 1952 - Peru * '' Phocides johnsoni'' Bell, 1947 - Colombia * '' Phocides lincea'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Brazil * '' Phocides metrodorus'' Bell, 1932 ** ''P. metrodorus metrodorus'' - Colombia ** ''P. metrodorus metron'' Evans, 1952 - Paraguay ** ''P. metrodorus nigrescens '' Bell, 1938 - Colombia * ''

Phocides novalis ''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 Neotropical, but a few species occur in the Near ...

'' Evans, 1952 - Peru * '' Phocides oreides'' (Hewitson, 875 ** ''P. oreides colombiana'' Bell, 1938 - Colombia ** ''P. oreides oreides'' (Hewitson, 875 - Peru, Bolivia * ''

Phocides padrona ''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 Neotropical, but a few species occur in the Near ...

'' Evans, 1952 - Peru * '' Phocides partia'' Evans, 1952 - Peru * '' Phocides perkinsi'' (Kaye, 1931) - Jamaica * '' Phocides perillus'' (Mabille, 1888) - Colombia * '' Phocides petroleum'' Siewert, Leviski, Mielke & Casagrande, 2018 - 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,

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– ** ''P. pigmalion pigmalion'' (Cramer,

- Central America to Argentina ** ''P. pigmalion hewitsonius'' (Mabille, 1883) - Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Bolivia * '' Phocides polybius'' (

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, 1793) – guava skipper ** ''P. polybius polybius'' - Suriname, Guyana ** ''P. polybius lilea'' (Reakirt, 867 - Texas, Mexico, Central America to Colombia, Brazil ** ''P. polybius phanias'' (Burmeister, 1880) - Argentina, Brazil * '' Phocides thermus'' (Mabille, 1883) ** ''P. thermus thermus'' - Colombia ** ''P. thermus valgus'' (Mabille, 1883) -

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** ''P. thermus bellina '' Evans, 1952 - Ecuador * '' Phocides urania'' (Westwood,

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- Mexico, Texas * '' Phocides vida'' (Butler, 1872) - Costa Rica, Panama * '' 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 Taxa described in 1819 {{Hesperiidae-stub