Pheles
Genus of butterflies
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Pheles is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
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| Pheles and other Riodinidae depicted in Seitz Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Riodininae |
| Tribe: | Riodinini |
| Genus: | Pheles Herrich-Schäffer, 1858 |
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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
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