Urbanus (genus)

Urbanus
Urbanus procne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Eudaminae
Genus:	Urbanus Hübner, [1807]
Species
See text
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 and related genera depicted in Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World

• Urbanus albimargo (Mabille, 1875) Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil
  • U. albimargo albimargo Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia
  • U. albimargo rica Evans, 1952 Paraguay
  • U. albimargo takuta Evans, 1952 Guyana
• Urbanus ambiguus de Jong, 1983 Surinam
• Urbanus belli (Hayward, 1935) – Bell's Longtail Mexico to Bolivia to Argentina
• Urbanus carmelita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Urbanus carmelita carmelita Brazil
  • Urbanus carmelita barra Evans, 1952 Brazil (Bahia)
  • Urbanus carmelita trebia (Möschler, 1879) Venezuela, Panama, Colombia
• Urbanus chalco (Hübner, 1823) – Chalco Longtail Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina
• Urbanus chales (Godman & Salvin, [1893]) Mexico
• Urbanus cindra Evans, 1952 Bolivia
• Urbanus dorantes (Stoll, [1790]) – Dorantes Longtail, Lilac-banded Longtail
  • U. dorantes dorantes south California, south Arizona, south New Mexico, south Texas, south Florida Central America , South America , Argentina, Antilles
  • U. dorantes dorantes Texas, Mexico, Surinam, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela
  • U. dorantes santiago (Lucas, 1857) Brazil, Jamaica, Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, Grenada
  • U. dorantes obscurus (Hewitson, 1867) Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saba, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados
  • U. dorantes galapagensis (Williams, 1911) – Galapagos Skipper Galapagos
  • U. dorantes calafia (Williams, 1926) Mexico (Baja California)
  • U. dorantes cramptoni Comstock, 1944 Antilles, Puerto Rico
• Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831) – White-tailed Longtail, White-tailed Skipper south Texas, Central America, South America, Argentina
  • Urbanus doryssus doryssus Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras
  • Urbanus doryssus albicuspis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Colombia, Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro)
• Urbanus dubius Steinhauser, 1981 Colombia
• Urbanus elmina Evans, 1952 Ecuador
• Urbanus esma Evans, 1952 Mexico, Brazil (São Paulo)
• Urbanus esmeraldus (Butler, 1877) – Esmeraldus Longtail Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras to Brazil, Colombia
• Urbanus esta Evans, 1952 Mexico, Brazil (São Paulo)
• Urbanus evenus (Ménétriés, 1855) Brazil
• Urbanus evona Evans, 1952 Mexico, Guatemala
• Urbanus huancavillcas (Williams, 1926) Ecuador
• Urbanus longicaudus Austin, 1998 Brazil (Rondônia)
• Urbanus magnus Steinhauser, 1981 Ecuador
• Urbanus parvus Austin, 1998 Brazil (Rondônia)
• Urbanus procne (Plötz, 1880) – Brown Longtail south Texas, Arizona, Central America , South America , Argentina, Brazil
• Urbanus prodicus Bell, 1956 Mexico
• Urbanus pronta Evans, 1952 – Pronta Longtail Mexico, Honduras
• Urbanus pronus Evans, 1952 Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
• Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Long-tailed Skipper south California, Arizona, Texas, Florida Central America, South America, Argentina
  • U. proteus proteus Mexico
  • U. proteus domingo (Scudder, 1872) Saba to Grenada, Haiti
• Urbanus reductus (Riley, 1919) Brazil (Amazonas)
• Urbanus simplicius (Stoll, [1790]) – Plain Longtail Texas, Central America, South America, Surinam, Brazil, Honduras, Bolivia
• Urbanus tanna Evans, 1952 – Tanna Longtail Mexico to Colombia
• Urbanus teleus (Hübner, 1821) – Teleus Longtail Central America,south Arizona, south Texas South America, French Guiana, Brazil, Argentina
• Urbanus velinus (Plötz, 1880) Brazil (Bahia), Guyana
• Urbanus villus Austin, 1998 Brazil (Rondônia)
• Urbanus virescens (Mabille, 1877) – Virescens Longtail French Guiana, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Peru
• Urbanus viridis Freeman, 1970 Mexico
• Urbanus viterboana (Ehrmann, 1907) – Viterboana Longtail Mexico to Colombia , Ecuador
• Urbanus zagorus (Plötz, 1880) Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Argentina

References

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