Biology:Proteides

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Short description: Genus of skipper butterflies

Proteides
Mercurial skipper (Proteides mercurius jamaicensis).JPG
Mercurial skipper (P. mercurius jamaicensis), Jamaica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Proteides
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[1]

  • 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

  • Proteides - Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q639965 entry