| 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] |
| Synonyms | |
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Proteides is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
The following two species are recognised in the genus Proteides [1]
Enteroctopus is an octopus genus whose members are sometimes known as giant octopuses.
Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is flats, for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera. They are the type genus of tribe Celaenorrhinini.
Zekelita is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Perigea is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Comibaena is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Burca is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Ernest Layton Bell and William Phillips Comstock in 1948.
Cecropterus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, within which it is placed in subtribe Eudamina. It has three subgenera: Cecropterus, Thorybes and Murgaria.
Chioides is a mainly Neotropical genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae)
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Phocides is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini, of which it is the namesake genus.
Thoon is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Ephyriades is a genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family. All the species are found in Central America and the Caribbean.
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.
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