Biology:Pheles (butterfly)

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Pheles
Pheles and other Riodinidae depicted in Seitz Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Genus:	Pheles Herrich-Schäffer, 1858
Synonyms
Lepricornis C. & R. Felder, [1865] Otacustesis Dyar, 1914

Pheles is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.

Species

• Pheles atricolor (Butler, 1871) present in French Guiana, Brazil and Peru
• Pheles bicolor (Godman & Salvin, [1886]) present in Panama and Costa Rica (requires confirmation)
• Pheles eulesca (Dyar, 1909) present in Mexico and Panama
• Pheles heliconides Herrich-Schäffer, [1858] present in French Guiana, Guyana, Ecuador and Brazil
• Pheles incerta Staudinger, [1887] present in Colombia and Peru
• Pheles melanchroia (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) present in Mexico and Guatemala
• Pheles ochracea (Stichel, 1910) present in Venezuela and Panama
• Pheles strigosa (Staudinger, 1876) present in Panama, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru

Sources

• Pheles sur funet

External links

• Pheles at butterflies of america

Wikidata ☰ Q1760923 entry