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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Dicot Skippers (Eudaminae) » Spicauda » Brown Longtail - Hodges#3893 (Spicauda procne)
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Brown Longtail - Spicauda procne
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Brown Longtail - Spicauda procne
Edinburg, Hildago County, Texas, USA
October 20, 2004
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Contributed by tom murray on 15 August, 2005 - 8:51pm

Tom
just moved #42268 to this page and saw your photo. Do you think your's could be Urbanus teleus?
… A.W. Thomas, 12 February, 2006 - 6:40am login or register to post comments

 
procne or teleus
Urbanus teleus male lacks costal fold. Urbanus procne male has forewing costal fold. I am also looking at image #103348 - its difficult to determine.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 9 September, 2007 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Urbanus teleus
Peterson Field Guides p.326 describes Urbanus teleus "Forewing with thin central transparent band and male with 4 subapical transparent spots." Looks like you may be correct.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 9 September, 2007 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Tony
this was found on one of the NABA field trips, and the trip leader, an experienced Texas butterflier said this was a Brown Longtail. Browns sometimes have these faint lines. Not sure if that's a gender specific thing or not, but the Teleus should have bold white lines. They also said that Teleus was rather rare in S. Texas, and Browns were all over the place, and there were quite a few with varying degrees of white on them.
… tom murray, 12 February, 2006 - 6:59am login or register to post comments

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