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]

=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