Proteides mercurius

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)

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]}

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

Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Proteides mercurius:

• Proteides mercurius angasiGodman & Salvin, 1886
• Proteides mercurius mercurius(Fabricius, 1787)
• Proteides mercurius sanantonio(Lucas, 1857)
• Proteides mercurius sanchesiBell & Comstock, 1948
• Proteides mercurius vincentiBell & Comstock, 1948

References

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

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287 .

External links

• Media related to Proteides mercurius at Wikimedia Commons