Proteides
Introduction '''''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