title: Proteides mercurius
text: # Proteides mercurius
  
  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
  