Proteides
{{Short description|Genus of skipper butterflies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Mercurial skipper (Proteides mercurius jamaicensis).JPG
| image_caption = Mercurial skipper (P. mercurius jamaicensis), Jamaica
| taxon = Proteides
| authority = Hübner, [1819]
| synonyms = * Dicranaspis Mabille, 1878
}}
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[http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/proteides/index.html Funet]
- Proteides maysi (Lucas, 1857) Cuba
- Proteides mercurius (Fabricius, 1787) South America, Arizona
- P. m. mercurius French Guiana, Suriname
- P. m. sanantonio (Lucas, 1857) Cuba
- P. m. angasi Godman & Salvin, 1884 Dominica
- P. m. pedro (Dewitz, 1877) Puerto Rico
- P. m. jamaicensis Skinner, 1920 Jamaica
- P. m. sanchesi Bell & Comstock, 1948 Haiti
- P. m. vincenti Bell & Comstock, 1948 Saint Vincent
- P. m. grenadensis Enrico & Pinchon, 1969 Grenada
=Former species=
- Proteides modius Mabille, 1889 - transferred to Thoon modius (Mabille, 1889)
References
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- [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=24206.0&GENUS=Proteides Proteides] - Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
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- [http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=6752 images representing Proteides] at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Category:Hesperiidae of South America
Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Category:Taxa described in 1819
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