Pheles (butterfly)

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