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Long-tailed Skipper
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Butterflies & moths

Long-tailed Skipper

Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Names

EnglishLong-tailed Skipper
Dutch—
SpanishSaltarina azul de cola larga
Chinese长尾弄蝶
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameUrbanus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

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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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusUrbanus

In Suriname

7Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
2012First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo3
  • Commewijne2
  • Brokopondo1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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