Urbanus (genus)

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Urbanus
Urbanus procne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Urbanus
Hübner, [1807]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Goniurus Hübner, [1819]
  • Eudamus Swainson, 1831
  • Lyroptera Plötz, 1881

Urbanus is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found from southern USA to South America.[1]

Some smaller genera have been merged with Urbanus. One of these, now junior synonyms, is Eudamus, the type genus of the Eudaminae. But in the wide circumscription listed here, Urbanus is apparently not monophyletic, and thus some of the formerly independent genera are likely valid.

Species

Plain Longtail (Urbanus simplicius)

The species in this genus are:[1][2]

  • Urbanus albimargo (Mabille, 1875)
  • Urbanus ambiguus de Jong, 1983
  • Urbanus belli (Hayward, 1935) – Bell's Longtail
  • Urbanus carmelita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Urbanus chalco (Hübner, 1823) – Chalco Longtail
  • Urbanus chales (Godman & Salvin, [1893])
  • Urbanus cindra Evans, 1952
  • Urbanus dorantes (Stoll, [1790]) – Dorantes Longtail, Lilac-banded Longtail
  • Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831) – White-tailed Longtail, White-tailed Skipper
  • Urbanus dubius Steinhauser, 1981
  • Urbanus elmina Evans, 1952
  • Urbanus esma Evans, 1952
  • Urbanus esmeraldus (Butler, 1877) – Esmeraldus Longtail
  • Urbanus esta Evans, 1952
  • Urbanus evenus (Ménétriés, 1855)
  • Urbanus evona Evans, 1952
  • Urbanus huancavillcas (Williams, 1926)
  • Urbanus longicaudus Austin, 1998
  • Urbanus magnus Steinhauser, 1981
  • Urbanus parvus Austin, 1998
  • Urbanus procne (Plötz, 1880) – Brown Longtail
  • Urbanus prodicus Bell, 1956
  • Urbanus pronta Evans, 1952 – Pronta Longtail
  • Urbanus pronus Evans, 1952
  • Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Long-tailed Skipper
  • Urbanus reductus (Riley, 1919)
  • Urbanus simplicius (Stoll, [1790]) – Plain Longtail
  • Urbanus tanna Evans, 1952 – Tanna Longtail
  • Urbanus teleus (Hübner, 1821) – Teleus Longtail
  • Urbanus velinus (Plötz, 1880)
  • Urbanus villus Austin, 1998
  • Urbanus virescens (Mabille, 1877) – Virescens Longtail
  • Urbanus viridis Freeman, 1970
  • Urbanus viterboana (Ehrmann, 1907) – Viterboana Longtail
  • Urbanus zagorus (Plötz, 1880)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Urbanus, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Spreadwings -- Longtail Skippers, Neotropical Butterflies


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