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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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| 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". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Proteides mercurius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Proteides mercurius species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Proteides mercurius". 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.
External links
Media related to Proteides mercurius at Wikimedia Commons
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