Proteides

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 Cuba
Proteides mercurius South America, Arizona
*P. m. mercurius French Guiana, Suriname
*P. m. sanantonio Cuba
*P. m. angasi Godman & Salvin, 1884 Dominica
*P. m. pedro 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''