Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831) (Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831))
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Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831)

Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831)

The white-tailed longtail (Urbanus doryssus) is a dicot skipper butterfly found across the Americas.

Family
Genus
Urbanus
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831)

The scientific name for this species is Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831), also referenced as Cecropterus doryssus. It is commonly called the white-tailed longtail, and is a species of dicot skipper belonging to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. This species can be found in Central America, North America, and South America.

Photo: (c) Manuel Grosselet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Manuel Grosselet · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Urbanus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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