Mexican Longtail

Polythrix mexicanus

Habitat:

Suburban

2 Species ID Suggestions

Ashish 11 years ago

Mexican Longtail Skipper

Polythrix asine mexicana Polythrix mexicanus - Mexican Longtail -- Discover Life

bayucca 11 years ago

Longtail Skipper

Polythrix sp. Polythrix thumbnails

7 Comments

Gloster Birder 9 years ago

No sorry bayucca only a similarly positioned one.

bayucca 9 years ago

I will try to get closer than the genus, but I am sceptic that we can get down to species level with only the upperside view. As I already pointed out there are 2 almost identical and highly variable species and our ID should be on the safe side. I still suggest Polythrix sp. as scientific ID until we have confirmation. Do you have other pictures of that one?

Gloster Birder 9 years ago

Thanks Ashish & bayucca

bayucca 11 years ago

Good jobm Ashish. Asine and Mexicana are different species and in my eyes you can't separate them from a single picture. They look too similar within the genus and have also some variability within the species.