Phocides

Phocides
	Phocides pigmalion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Eudaminae
Genus:	Phocides; Hübner, [1819]
Species
	See text.

Phocides is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini,^[1] of which it is the namesake genus.

The distribution of the genus is primarily Neotropical, but a few species occur in the Nearctic.

Species

Phocides belus Godman & Salvin, [1893] Mexico
Phocides charon (C. & R. Felder, 1859) Brazil, Paraguay
Phocides distans (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)
- P. lincea lincea Brazil
- P. lincea perkinsi (Kaye, 1931) Jamaica
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, [1875]) 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, [1779]) – mangrove skipper – south Florida to Argentina, Antilles, Colombia, Mexico
- P. pigmalion bicolora (Boddaert, 1783)
- P. pigmalion batabano (Lucas, 1857) Cuba, Tropical America
- P. pigmalion okeechobee (Worthington, 1881) Florida
- P. pigmalion hewitsonius (Mabille, 1883) Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Bolivia
- P. pigmalion batabanoides (Holland, 1903) Bahamas
Phocides polybius (Fabricius, 1793) – guava skipper – south Texas, Mexico to Argentina, Central America, South America
- P. polybius polybius Suriname, Guyana
- P. polybius lilea (Reakirt, [1867]) Texas, Mexico to Colombia, Brazil
- P. polybius phanias (Burmeister, 1880) Argentina, Brazil
Phocides thermus (Mabille, 1883) Central America
- P. thermus thermus Colombia
- P. thermus valgus (Mabille, 1883) French Guiana
- P. thermus bellina Evans, 1952 Ecuador
Phocides urania (Westwood, [1852])
- P. urania urania Mexico, Texas
- P. urania 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

^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

External links

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[Li-2019-1] Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

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