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Photo#78148
unknown butterfly - Urbanus proteus

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.

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.

long-tailed
Submarginal band on FW not interrupted, indicates Long-tailed rather than Dorantes

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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