Proteides
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Proteides is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
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 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== images representing Proteides at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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