| Phocides | |
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| Phocides pigmalion | |
Scientific classification 
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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,[1] of which it is the namesake genus.
The distribution of the genus is primarily Neotropical, but a few species occur in the Nearctic.
- ^ 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.