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 Funet 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