Proteides mercurius

(Fabricius, 1787)
Saltarín de Mercurio

Family: Hesperiidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description

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.

The MONA or Hodges number for Proteides mercurius is 3868.

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

Source: Wikipedia, article Proteides mercurius. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.