Phocides


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 Nearctic.

Species

Phocides batabano
  • * P. batabano okeechobee - Florida
  • * P. batabano batabanoides - Bahamas
  • * P. batabano batabano - Cuba, CaymanPhocides belus Godman & Salvin, - MexicoPhocides bicolora - HispanolaPhocides charon - Brazil, ParaguayPhocides distans
  • * P. distans distans - Venezuela
  • * P. distans licinus - Colombia, Panama
  • * P. distans silva Evans, 1952 - PeruPhocides johnsoni Bell, 1947 - ColombiaPhocides lincea - BrazilPhocides metrodorus Bell, 1932
  • * P. metrodorus metrodorus - Colombia
  • * P. metrodorus metron Evans, 1952 - Paraguay
  • * P. metrodorus nigrescens Bell, 1938 - ColombiaPhocides novalis Evans, 1952 - PeruPhocides oreides
  • * P. oreides colombiana Bell, 1938 - Colombia
  • * P. oreides oreides - Peru, BoliviaPhocides padrona Evans, 1952 - PeruPhocides partia Evans, 1952 - PeruPhocides perkinsi - JamaicaPhocides perillus - ColombiaPhocides petroleum Siewert, Leviski, Mielke & Casagrande, 2018 - ColombiaPhocides pialia - Mexico to Brazil
  • * P. pialia pialia - Brazil
  • * P. pialia intermedia Mielke, 1992 - Brazil
  • * P. pialia maximus - BrazilPhocides pigmalion -
  • * P. pigmalion pigmalion - Central America to Argentina
  • * P. pigmalion hewitsonius - Brazil, Peru, BoliviaPhocides polybius - guava skipper
  • * P. polybius polybius - Suriname, Guyana
  • * P. polybius lilea - Texas, Mexico, Central America to Colombia, Brazil
  • * P. polybius phanias - Argentina, BrazilPhocides thermus
  • * P. thermus thermus - Colombia
  • * P. thermus valgus - French Guiana
  • * P. thermus bellina Evans, 1952 - EcuadorPhocides urania - Mexico, TexasPhocides vida - Costa Rica, PanamaPhocides vulcanides Röber, 1925 - ColombiaPhocides yokhara
  • * P. yokhara yokhara - Peru
  • * P. yokhara charonotis - Bolivia, Peru
  • * P. yokhara dryas Le Cerf, 1922 - Peru
  • * P. yokhara inca Le Cerf, 1922 - Peru