Urbanus dorantes

Urbanus dorantes, the lilac-banded longtail or Dorantes longtail, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. 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 North Carolina.[2]

Urbanus dorantes
U. d. santiago in Cuba

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Urbanus
Species:
U. dorantes
Binomial name
Urbanus dorantes
(Stoll, [1790])
Synonyms
  • Cecropterus dorantes Stoll, 1790
  • Papilio dorantes Stoll, [1790]
  • Goniurus dorantes
  • Eudamus dorantes
  • Goniurus torones Hübner, 1821
  • Eudamus atletes C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Eudamus amisus Hewitson, 1867
  • Eudamus protillus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Goniurus retractus Plötz, 1880
  • Goniurus kefersteinii Plötz, 1880
  • Goniurus cariosa Herrich-Schäffer, 1862
  • Goniurus corydon Butler, 1870
  • Eudamus brevicaudata Lathy, 1904
  • Eudamus parvus Skinner, 1920
  • Eudamus galapagensis Williams, 1911
  • Urbanus galapagensis

The wingspan is 37–51 mm. There are three to four generations throughout the year in southern Florida and southern Texas.

The larvae feed on various legumes, including wild and cultivated Phaseolus species, Desmodium and blue peas Clitoria. Adults feed on flower nectar from various plants, including shepherd's needle, lantana, trilisa, ironweed, and bougainvillea.

Subspecies
  • Urbanus dorantes dorantes (Texas, Mexico, Surinam, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)
  • Urbanus dorantes santiago (Brazil, Jamaica, Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, Grenada)
  • Urbanus dorantes obscurus (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saba, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados)
  • Urbanus dorantes galapagensis (Galapagos)
  • Urbanus dorantes calafia (Mexico (Baja California))
  • Urbanus dorantes cramptoni (Antilles, Puerto Rico)

References
  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Cecropterus dorantes Dorantes Longtail". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. "North Carolina Butterfly Website". www.dpr.ncparks.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-23.


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