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Urbanus proteus
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 southern part of the United States of America. 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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed...
Spotted on Oct 11, 2014
Submitted on Oct 11, 2014
5 Comments
Many thanks Reza
Congratulation on 4500...WOW !
Yes!! Congratulations James McNair!!
Thanks Christos ...not bad for my 4500th
Nice!!