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.

[1][2][3] The MONA or Hodges number for Proteides mercurius is 3868.

[4] These five subspecies belong to the species Proteides mercurius:

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