{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}} {{distinguish|text = Phocidae, a family of seals, or Pholcidae, a family of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Phocides pigmalion in Secret Woods.JPG | image_caption = ''Phocides pigmalion'' | taxon = Phocides | authority = Hübner, [1819] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms = * ''Erycides'' <small>Hübner, [1819]</small> * ''Dysenius'' <small>Scudder, 1872</small> }}
'''''Phocides''''' is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini,<ref name="Li-2019">{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Wenlin |last2=Cong |first2=Qian |last3=Shen |first3=Jinhui |last4=Zhang |first4=Jing |last5=Hallwachs |first5=Winnie |last6=Janzen |first6=Daniel H. |last7=Grishin |first7=Nick V. |title=Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=26 March 2019 |volume=116 |issue=13 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1821304116 |pmid=30877254 |pmc=6442542 |bibcode=2019PNAS..116.6232L |at=Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24|doi-access=free }}</ref> 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
== References == {{commons category}} {{Wikispecies}} {{reflist}}
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=hesperiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database] * [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/phocides/ Phocides at funet]
== External links ==
* [http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=6784 Images representing ''Phocides'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life]
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Category:Eudaminae Category:Skippers (butterflies) of South America Category:Skipper (butterfly) genera Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Category:Taxa described in 1819
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