Proteides mercurius (Fabricius, 1787) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Proteides mercurius (Fabricius, 1787)
The mercurial skipper (Proteides mercurius) is a dicot skipper butterfly found across the Americas with Hodges number 3868.
Proteides mercurius, commonly known as the mercurial skipper, is a species of dicot skipper belonging to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It can be found in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America. Its MONA (also called Hodges) number is 3868.
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Erynnis horatius (Scudder & Burgess, 1870)
Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793)
Bibasis oedipodea (Swainson, 1820)
Thorybes casica
Tagiades menaka (Moore, 1865)
Ochlodes venata faunus (Turati, 1905)
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