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Phocides

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Phocides
Phocides pigmalion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Phocidini
Genus: Phocides
Hübner, [1819]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Erycides Hübner, [1819]
  • Dysenius Scudder, 1872

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

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  • 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) - Brazil
  • 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])
    • P. oreides colombiana Bell, 1938 - Colombia
    • P. oreides oreides (Hewitson, [1875]) - Peru, Bolivia
  • Phocides padrona 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, [1779]) – mangrove skipper – south Florida to Argentina, Antilles, Colombia, Mexico
    • P. pigmalion pigmalion (Cramer, [1779])
    • 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 – southern 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]) - 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

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  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. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
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