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Hesperiidae 77a0042 – 3868   Proteides mercurius (Fabricius, 1787)

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Distribution: Suggested by Heppner as a species straying into, but not breeding in, Florida. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: mercurius (Fabricius, 1787) (Papilio) STRAY - MONA 1983: 3868 ssp. a. mercurius (Fabricius, 1787) (Papilio) (stray) - MONA 1983: 3868  idas (Cramer, 1779) (Papilio) ssp. b. sanantonio (Lucas, 1857) (Eudamus) emend.; (stray)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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