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 35 mm
COSTA RICA: Alajuela Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest,
Finca Aurita, 460m, collected on 03-IV-2007 as penultimate instar, photographed on 13-IV-2007
foodplant Machaerium seemannii
voucher code 07-SRNP-40796, image code 07-SRNP-40796-DHJ422211.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/