Urbanus proteus

TaxID: 355207

Basic Information

Urbanus proteus

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The long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus) is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found throughout tropical and subtropical South America, south to Argentina and north into the eastern United States and southern Ontario. It cannot live in areas with prolonged frost. It is a showy butterfly, with wings of light brown tinted with iridescent blue, and two long tails extending from the hindwings. The robust body is light blue dorsally. It has a large head, prominent eyes, and a wingspan between 4.5 and 6 centimeters.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Hesperiidae

Urbanus

Urbanus proteus

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Photos (0 photos)

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Guatemala Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR1794082 Thorax Adult not collected 23342556 USA: Gainesville, FL
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DNA Barcodes (773 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
USLEP1587-10 BOLD:AAA1263 COI-5P 658 United States 2010-03-13 25.9906, -81.5784
USLEP1584-10 BOLD:AAA1263 COI-5P 658 United States 2010-03-14 25.9978, -81.5989
USLEP1382-10 BOLD:AAA1263 COI-5P 658 United States 2010-03-13 25.9906, -81.5784
SURL138-21 BOLD:AAA1263 COI-5P 658 Suriname 2016-11-12 4.936, -55.169
SPMIS400-22 - COI-5P 658 United States - -
MHMYS5386-14 BOLD:AAA1263 COI-5P 658 Costa Rica 2014-02-21 10.9301, -85.25205
MHMYS5385-14 BOLD:AAA1263 COI-5P 658 Costa Rica 2014-03-14 10.9301, -85.25205
MHMYS5384-14 BOLD:AAA1263 COI-5P 658 Costa Rica 2013-08-30 10.95991, -85.28298
MHMYS5383-14 BOLD:AAA1263 COI-5P 584 Costa Rica 2013-08-21 10.77074, -85.42874
MHMYS5381-14 BOLD:AAA1263 COI-5P 658 Costa Rica 2013-08-14 10.9301, -85.25205
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