Species Urbanus evona - Turquoise Longtail - Hodges#3888.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Turquoise Longtail - Urbanus evona - female

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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 evona (Turquoise Longtail - Hodges#3888.1)

Hodges Number

3888.1

Explanation of Names

Urbanus evona Evans, 1952

Numbers

one of twelve species in the genus for North America north of Mexico

Range

s. TX (as a stray) to Colombia (BOA, NABA)

Print References

Steinhauser, S.R., 1981. Revision of the Proteus group of the genus Urbanus Hubner (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 62: 1-41. (1)

Internet References

Butterflies of America - BOA

NABA-South Texas - NABA

BOLD

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the Proteus group of the genus Urbanus Hubner (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Steinhauser, S.R. 1981. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 62: 1-41.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 December, 2010 - 1:11am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 8:55am

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