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Species Urbanus proteus - Long-tailed Skipper - Hodges#3886

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Subfamily Eudaminae (Dicot Skippers)
Genus Urbanus
Species proteus (Long-tailed Skipper - Hodges#3886)
Hodges Number
3886
Other Common Names
Bean Leafroller (the caterpillar)
Explanation of Names
Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Identification
Larva green speckled with black, with a yellow-orange stripe, brown head, black face and yellow eye patches (1).
The adult skipper is easily distinguished from the similar Dorantes Longtail by the green-blue iridescence, above. Below, the FW postmedian dark band of this species is not interrupted by the ground color, as in Dorantes Longtail.
Urbanus proteusU. dorantes
Range
e US - Map (MPG)
Season
yr round in TX, FL w/ fall strays further north and west - MPG
Food
Caterpillars feed on members of the Fabaceae (Pea or Bean family).
Life Cycle
Eggs laid under leaves in clusters of about 20. Caterpillars cut flaps of host plant leaves and tie them over themselves with silk like little tents.
Tent. Early instar caterpillar. Later instar caterpillar. Pupa. Adult male
Print References
Florida Butterfly Caterpillars (1)
Butterflies Through Binoculars (2)
Works Cited
1.Florida Butterfly Caterpillars And Their Host Plants
Marc C. Minno, JERRY F. BUTLER, DONALD W. HALL. 2005. University Press Florida.
2.Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East
Jeffrey Glassberg. 1999. Oxford University Press.