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Long-tailed Skipper - Hodges#3886 (Urbanus proteus)
Photo#78148
Copyright © 2006
rpsjms
unknown butterfly -
Urbanus proteus
Fort George Island, Duval County, Florida, USA
November 1, 2004
need help to identify this butterfly taken at the Kingsley Plantation Historical Site on Fort George Island in Northeast Florida.
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Contributed by
rpsjms
on 19 September, 2006 - 2:59pm
Last updated 3 November, 2012 - 6:43pm
Moved
Moved from
Butterflies
.
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A.W. Thomas
, 9 December, 2006 - 11:12am
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long-tailed
Submarginal band on FW not interrupted, indicates Long-tailed rather than Dorantes
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A.W. Thomas
, 9 December, 2006 - 11:11am
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It's one of the long-tailed skippers
either Urbanus proteus or U. dorantes. Unfortunately, identifying marks are hard to see in this shot, but maybe someone else can get this to species for you. Meanwhile, see
Urbanus
in guide.
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 19 September, 2006 - 6:23pm
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