Biology:Proteides mercurius
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Proteides |
| Species: | P. mercurius
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| Binomial name | |
| Proteides mercurius (Fabricius, 1787)
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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]
Subspecies
These five subspecies belong to the species Proteides mercurius:
- Proteides mercurius angasi Godman & Salvin, 1886
- Proteides mercurius mercurius (Fabricius, 1787)
- Proteides mercurius sanantonio (Lucas, 1857)
- Proteides mercurius sanchesi Bell & Comstock, 1948
- Proteides mercurius vincenti Bell & Comstock, 1948
References
- ↑ "Proteides mercurius Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=706827. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Proteides mercurius". https://www.gbif.org/species/1942509. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Proteides mercurius species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/474147. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Proteides mercurius". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=3868. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14175418 entry
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