Phocides

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Phocides		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Eudaminae Rank Genus

Similar Phocides polybius, Phocides pigmalion, Astraptes, Chioides, Urbanus

Behavior of phocides perillus mabille 1888 hesperiidae eudaminae in the central andes colombia

Phocides is a primarily Neotropical genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). A few species occur in the Nearctic.

Mangrove skipper phocides pigmalion brief view

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 Surinam, 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

Phocides Wikipedia

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Behavior of phocides perillus mabille 1888 hesperiidae eudaminae in the central andes colombia

Contents

Mangrove skipper phocides pigmalion brief view

Species

References