Nicephellus is a monotypic genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini.

[1] The sole species of the genus is Nicephellus nicephorus, also called the two-spotted scarlet-eye,[2] and was originally described in 1876 by William Chapman Hewitson as Eudamus nicephorus.

[3] It is found from southern Mexico to Peru and western Brazil.

"Hesperiidae of Rondonia, Brazil: Taxonomic comments on "night" skippers, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Eudaminae)".

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