Proteides mercurius

Proteides mercurius, the mercurial skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]

Proteides mercurius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Proteides
Species:
P. mercurius
Binomial name
Proteides mercurius
(Fabricius, 1787)

The MONA or Hodges number for Proteides mercurius is 3868.[4]

Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Proteides mercurius:

  • Proteides mercurius angasi Godman & Salvin, 1886
  • Proteides mercurius mercurius (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Proteides mercurius sanantonio (Lucas, 1857)
  • Proteides mercurius sanchesi Bell & Comstock, 1948
  • Proteides mercurius vincenti Bell & Comstock, 1948

References

  1. "Proteides mercurius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Proteides mercurius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Proteides mercurius". Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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