| Proteides | |
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| Mercurial skipper (P. mercurius jamaicensis), Jamaica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Eudaminae |
| Genus: | Proteides Hübner, [1819] |
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Proteides is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
The following two species are recognised in the genus Proteides[1]
- Proteides maysi (Lucas, 1857) Cuba
- Proteides mercurius (Fabricius, 1787) South America, Arizona
- P. m. mercurius French Guiana, Suriname
- P. m. sanantonio (Lucas, 1857) Cuba
- P. m. angasi Godman & Salvin, 1884 Dominica
- P. m. pedro (Dewitz, 1877) Puerto Rico
- P. m. jamaicensis Skinner, 1920 Jamaica
- P. m. sanchesi Bell & Comstock, 1948 Haiti
- P. m. vincenti Bell & Comstock, 1948 Saint Vincent
- P. m. grenadensis Enrico & Pinchon, 1969 Grenada
Former species
- Proteides modius Mabille, 1889 - transferred to Thoon modius (Mabille, 1889)
References
- Proteides - Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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