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Urbanus (butterfly)

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Urbanus
Brown longtail (Urbanus procne)
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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 United States to South America.[1]

Some smaller genera have been merged with Urbanus. One of these, now a junior synonym, 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's Macrolepidoptera of the World

References

  1. ^ a b Urbanus, funet.fi
  2. ^ Spreadwings -- Longtail Skippers, Neotropical Butterflies

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