Nicephellus

{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Nicephellus nicephorus

| image = Annales des sciences naturelles (1912) (18220971539).jpg

| image_caption = Figure 8

| parent_authority = G.T.Austin, 2008

| taxon = Nicephellus nicephorus

| authority = (Hewitson, 1876)

| synonyms =

• Eudamus nicephorus Hewitson, 1876
• Dyscophellus nicephorus
• Telegonus dexo Mabille, 1888

}}

Nicephellus is a monotypic genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini.{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Wenlin |last2=Cong |first2=Qian |last3=Shen |first3=Jinhui |last4=Zhang |first4=Jing |last5=Hallwachs |first5=Winnie |last6=Janzen |first6=Daniel H. |last7=Grishin |first7=Nick V. |title=Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=26 March 2019 |volume=116 |issue=13 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1821304116 |pmid=30877254 |pmc=6442542 |bibcode=2019PNAS..116.6232L |at=Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24|doi-access=free }}

The sole species of the genus is Nicephellus nicephorus, also called the two-spotted scarlet-eye,{{cite web |title=Nicephellus nicephorus |url=https://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Nicephellus_nicephorus_a.htm |website=www.butterfliesofamerica.com |access-date=3 September 2022 |language=en}} and was originally described in 1876 by William Chapman Hewitson as Eudamus nicephorus.{{cite journal |last1=Austin |first1=George T. |title=Hesperiidae of Rondonia, Brazil: Taxonomic comments on "night" skippers, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Eudaminae) |journal=Insecta Mundi |date=3 March 2008 |volume=0029 |url=https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/0029/24452 |access-date=3 September 2022 |language=en}} It is found from southern Mexico to Peru and western Brazil.