Pheles (butterfly)

Pheles
	Pheles and other Riodinidae depicted in Seitz Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Tribe:	Riodinini
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