Proteides

Proteides is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Proteides
Mercurial skipper (P. mercurius jamaicensis), Jamaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Eudaminae
Genus:	Proteides Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Dicranaspis Mabille, 1878

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)