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

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

Species

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The following two species are recognised in the genus Proteides[1]

Former species

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  • Proteides modius Mabille, 1889 - transferred to Thoon modius (Mabille, 1889)

References

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  • Proteides - Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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