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 <small>(Lucas, 1857)</small>
- P. batabano okeechobee <small>(Worthington, 1881)</small> - Florida
- P. batabano batabanoides <small>(Holland, 1903)</small> - Bahamas
- P. batabano batabano <small>(Lucas, 1857)</small> - Cuba, Cayman
- Phocides belus <small>Godman & Salvin, [1893]</small> - Mexico
- Phocides bicolora <small>(Boddaert, 1783)</small> - Hispanola
- Phocides charon <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1859)</small> - Brazil, Paraguay
- Phocides distans <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)</small>
- P. distans distans - Venezuela
- P. distans licinus <small> (Möschler, 1879)</small> - Colombia, Panama
- P. distans silva <small> Evans, 1952</small> - Peru
- Phocides johnsoni <small>Bell, 1947</small> - Colombia
- Phocides lincea <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)</small> - Brazil
- Phocides metrodorus <small>Bell, 1932</small>
- P. metrodorus metrodorus - Colombia
- P. metrodorus metron <small>Evans, 1952</small> - Paraguay
- P. metrodorus nigrescens <small>Bell, 1938</small> - Colombia
- Phocides novalis <small>Evans, 1952</small> - Peru
- Phocides oreides <small>(Hewitson, [1875])</small>
- P. oreides colombiana <small>Bell, 1938</small> - Colombia
- P. oreides oreides <small>(Hewitson, [1875])</small> - Peru, Bolivia
- Phocides padrona <small>Evans, 1952</small> - Peru
- Phocides partia <small>Evans, 1952</small> - Peru
- Phocides perkinsi <small>(Kaye, 1931)</small> - Jamaica
- Phocides perillus <small>(Mabille, 1888)</small> - Colombia
- Phocides petroleum <small>Siewert, Leviski, Mielke & Casagrande, 2018</small> - Colombia
- Phocides pialia <small>(Hewitson, 1857)</small> - Mexico to Brazil
- P. pialia pialia - Brazil
- P. pialia intermedia <small>Mielke, 1992 </small> - Brazil (Minas Gerais)
- P. pialia maximus <small>(Mabille, 1888) </small> - Brazil
- Phocides pigmalion <small>(Cramer, [1779])</small> –
- P. pigmalion pigmalion <small>(Cramer, [1779])</small> - Central America to Argentina
- P. pigmalion hewitsonius <small>(Mabille, 1883)</small> - Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Bolivia
- Phocides polybius <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> – guava skipper
- P. polybius polybius - Suriname, Guyana
- P. polybius lilea <small>(Reakirt, [1867]) </small> - Texas, Mexico, Central America to Colombia, Brazil
- P. polybius phanias <small>(Burmeister, 1880)</small> - Argentina, Brazil
- Phocides thermus <small>(Mabille, 1883)</small>
- P. thermus thermus - Colombia
- P. thermus valgus <small>(Mabille, 1883)</small> - French Guiana
- P. thermus bellina <small>Evans, 1952 </small> - Ecuador
- Phocides urania <small>(Westwood, [1852])</small> - Mexico, Texas
- Phocides vida <small> (Butler, 1872)</small> - Costa Rica, Panama
- Phocides vulcanides <small>Röber, 1925</small> - Colombia
- Phocides yokhara <small>(Butler, 1870)</small>
- P. yokhara yokhara - Peru
- P. yokhara charonotis <small> (Hewitson, 1874)</small> - Bolivia, Peru
- P. yokhara dryas <small>Le Cerf, 1922 </small> - Peru
- P. yokhara inca <small>Le Cerf, 1922 </small> - Peru
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