Proteides

Proteides
Mercurial skipper P. mercurius jamaicensis, Jamaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Proteides Hübner, [1819]

Proteides is a Neotropical genus of Spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Proteides maysi (Lucas, 1857) Cuba
• Proteides mercurius (Fabricius, 1787) South America, Arizona
• P. mercurius mercurius French Guiana, Surinam
• P. mercurius sanantonio (Lucas, 1857) Cuba
• P. mercurius angasi Godman & Salvin, 1884 Dominica
• P. mercurius pedro (Dewitz, 1877) Puerto Rico
• P. mercurius jamaicensis Skinner, 1920 Jamaica
• P. mercurius sanchesi Bell & Comstock, 1948 Haiti
• P. mercurius vincenti Bell & Comstock, 1948 Saint Vincent
• P. mercurius grenadensis Enrico & Pinchon, 1969 Grenada

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References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• images representing Proteides at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

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