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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) » Urbanus » Dorantes Longtail - Hodges#3889 (Urbanus dorantes)
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Urbanus proteus - Urbanus dorantes
Copyright © 2010 Tim Lethbridge

Urbanus proteus - Urbanus dorantes
Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida, USA
November 15, 2009
I don't know what you call a group of butterflies, but there was a flock of these all together. Looking through the guide, I do not see any other candidate except Urbanus proteus (and I am confident someone will correct me if wrong). Thanks!
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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 31 March, 2010 - 9:15pm
Last updated 2 April, 2010 - 5:33pm

Moved
Moved from Long-tailed Skipper.
… Tim Lethbridge, 2 April, 2010 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

Hi Tim
Compare your fine photo with Urbanus dorantes as shown here.
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 2 April, 2010 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
I did not realize
there was more than one species of long tailed skippers! Thank you for catching this and pointing me in the right direction. Clearly that is a match.
… Tim Lethbridge, 2 April, 2010 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

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