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

Proteides mercurius mercurius ♂ last instar, length 37 mm
COSTA RICA: Alajuela Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal,
Rio Blanco Abajo, 500m, collected on 27-IV-2004 as penultimate instar, photographed on 12-V-2004
foodplant Lonchocarpus macrophyllus
voucher code 04-SRNP-2133, image code 04-SRNP-2133-DHJ84048.jpg
and 04-SRNP-2133-DHJ84074.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/