Proteides mercurius | |
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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]
These five subspecies belong to the species Proteides mercurius:
Proteides is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
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