''Proboscis'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

from the subfamily

Satyrinae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diver ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...

. The species in the genus ''Proboscis'' occur in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

."''Proboscis'' Thieme, 1907"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

Species

*'' Proboscis propylea'' (Hewitson, 1857) *'' Proboscis pomarancia'' Pyrcz, 2004

References

Satyrini Butterfly genera Taxa named by Theodor Otto Thieme {{Satyrini-stub