Proteides mercurius
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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 family of butterflies known as Hesperiidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America.[1]
The MONA or Hodges number for Proteides mercurius is 3868.[5]
Subspecies
These five subspecies belong to the species Proteides mercurius:
- Proteides mercurius angasi Godman & Salvin, 1886 c g
- Proteides mercurius mercurius (Fabricius, 1787) i g b
- Proteides mercurius sanantonio (Lucas, 1857) i
- Proteides mercurius sanchesi Bell & Comstock, 1948 c g
- Proteides mercurius vincenti Bell & Comstock, 1948 c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Proteides mercurius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ a b "Proteides mercurius species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ a b "Proteides mercurius". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ a b "Proteides mercurius Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Proteides mercurius". Retrieved 2018-05-02.
Further reading
- Evans, W.H. (1952). A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum (Natural History). The British Museum (Natural History).
- Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society.
- Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ISSN 0066-8036.
- Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
- Opler, Paul A. (1992). A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-63279-X.
- Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies (2nd ed.). Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-79151-0.
- Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40. ISSN 0022-4324.
- 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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