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 40 mm
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo,
Vado Zanja Tapada, 550m, collected on 19-VIII-2005 as last instar, photographed on 25-VIII-2005
foodplant Lonchocarpus felipei
voucher code 05-SRNP-59506, image code 05-SRNP-59506-DHJ408782.jpg
and 05-SRNP-59506-DHJ408784.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/