Proteides is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
The following two species are recognised in the genus Proteides
- Proteides maysi <small>(Lucas, 1857)</small> Cuba
- Proteides mercurius <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small> South America, Arizona
- P. m. mercurius French Guiana, Suriname
- P. m. sanantonio <small>(Lucas, 1857)</small> Cuba
- P. m. angasi <small>Godman & Salvin, 1884</small> Dominica
- P. m. pedro <small>(Dewitz, 1877)</small> Puerto Rico
- P. m. jamaicensis <small>Skinner, 1920</small> Jamaica
- P. m. sanchesi <small>Bell & Comstock, 1948</small> Haiti
- P. m. vincenti <small>Bell & Comstock, 1948</small> Saint Vincent
- P. m. grenadensis <small>Enrico & Pinchon, 1969</small> Grenada
Former species
- Proteides modius <small>Mabille, 1889</small> - transferred to Thoon modius <small>(Mabille, 1889)</small>
References
- Proteides - Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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