Phocides
| Phocides | |
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| Phocides pigmalion | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Phocidini |
| Genus: | Phocides Hübner, [1819] |
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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.