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

Proteides mercurius mercurius penpenultimate instar, length 15 mm
COSTA RICA: Alajuela Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest,
Finca Aurita, 460m, collected on 31-III-2008 as penpenultimate instar, photographed on 31-III-2008
foodplant Lonchocarpus guatemalensis
voucher code 08-SRNP-40792, image code 08-SRNP-40792-DHJ442029.JPG
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/