Proteides mercurius

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Proteides mercurius
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Contents

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

Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Proteides mercurius:

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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.

Further reading