Proteides mercurius mercurius (Fabricius, 1787);  Comments: continental, S Texas to Argentina, SE Arizona as rare stray TL: French Guiana.

Proteides mercurius mercurius last instar,
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa,
Quebrada Guapote, 240m, collected on 23-V-1995 as last instar, photographed on 23-V-1995
foodplant Andira inermis
voucher code 95-SRNP-4258, image code 95-SRNP-4258-DHJ22620.jpg
and 95-SRNP-4258-DHJ22612.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/