''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
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Definition
In bioge ...
, but a few species occur in the
Nearctic
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.
Species
* ''
Phocides belus''
Godman & Salvin, 893
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Events
By place
Europe
* Vladimir, ruler (''khan'') of the Bulgarian Empire, is dethroned by his fat ...
/small> Mexico
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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) Brazil
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, Paraguay
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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'' Venezuela
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** ''P. distans licinus'' (Möschler, 1879) Colombia, Panama
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** ''P. distans silva'' Evans, 1952 Peru
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* '' Phocides johnsoni'' 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) Jamaica
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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'' Evans, 1952 Peru
* '' Phocides oreides'' (Hewitson, 875
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Events
By place
Europe
* August 12 – Emperor Louis II dies in Brescia, after having named his c ...
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
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– mangrove skipper – south Florida
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to Argentina
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, Antilles
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, Colombia, Mexico
** ''P. pigmalion bicolora'' (Boddaert, 1783)
** ''P. pigmalion batabano'' (Lucas, 1857) Cuba
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, Tropical America
** ''P. pigmalion okeechobee'' (Worthington, 1881) Florida
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** ''P. pigmalion hewitsonius '' (Mabille, 1883) Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Bolivia
** ''P. pigmalion batabanoides'' (Holland, 1903) Bahamas
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* '' Phocides polybius'' ( Fabricius, 1793) – guava skipper – south Texas
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, Mexico to Argentina, Central America, South America
** ''P. polybius polybius'' Suriname, Guyana
** ''P. polybius lilea'' (Reakirt, 867 Texas
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, Mexico to Colombia, Brazil
** ''P. polybius phanias'' (Burmeister, 1880) Argentina
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, Brazil
* '' Phocides thermus'' (Mabille, 1883) Central America
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** ''P. thermus thermus'' Colombia
** ''P. thermus valgus'' (Mabille, 1883) French Guiana
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** ''P. thermus bellina '' Evans, 1952 Ecuador
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* '' Phocides urania'' (Westwood, 852
** ''P. urania urania'' Mexico, Texas
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** ''P. urania vida'' (Butler, 1872) Costa Rica, Panama
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* '' 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 databasePhocides 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
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