Phocides

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Phocides
Phocides pigmalion in Secret Woods.JPG
Phocides pigmalion
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Phocidini
Genus: Phocides
Hübner, [1819]
Species

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Synonyms
  • ErycidesHübner, [1819]
  • DyseniusScudder, 1872

Phocides is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini, [1] of which it is the namesake genus.

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The distribution of the genus is primarily Neotropical, but a few species occur in the Nearctic.

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116 . PMC   6442542 . PMID   30877254.


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