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Proteides m. mercurius (Fabricius, 1787) |
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Distribution and Larval Foodplants: continental, S Texas to Argentina, SE Arizona as rare stray |
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Proteides Hübner, [1819] Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (7): 105. Type-species: Papilio mercurius Fabricius, 1787, Mantissa Ins. 2: 86, no. 780, by designation of Butler (1870), Entomol. Mon. Mag. 7(76): 93. = Dicranaspis Mabille, 1878 Annls. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 21: 24. Type-species: Papilio idas Cramer, 1779, Uitl. Kapellen 3(22): 118, pl. 260, figs. A, B; (24): 175 (index) (= Papilio mercurius Fabricius, 1787, Mant. Ins. 2: 86, no. 780; homonym), by monotypy.
Proteides mercurius (Fabricius, 1787)
Proteides mercurius mercurius (Fabricius, 1787) Mantissa Ins. 2: 86, no. 780. Original Combination: P[apilio]. P[lebejus]. U[rbicola]. Mercurius Type Locality: “Cajennae” [French Guiana] Types: Syntype in ZMUC. = ‡idas (Cramer, 1779) Uitl. Kapellen 3(22): 118, pl. 260, figs. A ♂ D, B ♂ V; (24): 175 (index). Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Pleb[ejus]. Urbicol[a]. Idas Type Locality: “Surinamen” “Suriname” Types: Type(s) probably lost. Preoccupied by Papilio idas Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2: 284, as established by I.C.Z.N. Opinion 269. |
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