''Phocides'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the skipper family,

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

, in which it is placed in tribe

Phocidini The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). Their original type genus ''Eudamus'' is today a junior synonym of ''Urbanus''. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North Ameri ...

, 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

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Phocides belus ''Phocides belus'', the beautiful beamer or Belus skipper, is a skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. Strays have been reported as far north as Texas. The wings have a powder-blue hue. Last instar An inst ...

'' Godman & Salvin,

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Phocides charon ''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 N ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 1859)

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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 ...

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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 N ...

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

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

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

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

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Phocides johnsoni ''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 N ...

'' Bell, 1947 Colombia * ''

Phocides lincea ''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 N ...

'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ** ''P. lincea lincea '' Brazil ** ''P. lincea perkinsi'' (Kaye, 1931)

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Phocides metrodorus ''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 N ...

'' 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 N ...

'' Evans, 1952 Peru * ''

Phocides oreides ''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 N ...

'' (Hewitson,

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Peru,

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** ''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 ''Phocides pigmalion'', the mangrove skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from coast to coast in peninsular Florida and the Florida Keys, south through the West Indies and Mexico to Argentina. Stra ...

'' (Cramer,

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– mangrove skipper – south

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Antilles The Antilles (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Antiy; es, Antillas; french: Antilles; nl, Antillen; ht, Antiy; pap, Antias; Jamaican Patois: ''Antiliiz'') is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mex ...

, 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,

** ''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''

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** ''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: ''Eku ...

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

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

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

* '' Phocides vulcanides'' Röber, 1925 Colombia * '' Phocides yokhara'' (Butler, 1870) ** ''P. yokhara yokhara '' Peru ** ''P. yokhara charonotis'' (Hewitson, 1874)

, 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