Muschampia proto, the sage skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

It is found in Morocco, Algeria, the Iberian Peninsula and southern France.

Hindwing beneath yellowish grey or pale reddish; beyond the median band follows a brown postmedian one, the whole marginal area beyond it being of the same colour as the ground.

In each marginal cellule a dark dot, above which there is a light arched smear.

[now species Syrichtus mohammed Oberthür, 1887 (85 e) differs in the large white spots of the underside of both wings, in the very distinct subterminal row of dots and in the hindwing beneath being more variegated with white.