Phocides
Introduction '''''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 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 *  Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database*  Phocides at funet
External links *  Images representing ''Phocides'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life