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Urbanus dorantes (Lilac-banded Longtail)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Urbanus dorantes, the lilac-banded longtail or Dorantes longtail, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Argentina, north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to southern Texas and peninsular Florida. Strays can be found as far north as northern California, southern Arizona, southern Missouri and southern Georgia. The wingspan is 37–51 mm. There are three to four generations throughout the year in southern Florida and southern Texas.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Cajanus cajan (Pigeon Pea Bush)[1]
Galactia striata (Florida hammock milkpea)[1]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
2Ramirez, N., and Y. Brito. 1992. Pollination Biology in a Palm Swamp Community in the Venezuelan Central Plains. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 110:277-302.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0