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Teleus Longtail Butterfly

Urbanus teleus

Description:

This measures 1 3/4" in diameter. Tails are long; body and wings are brown. Forewing of both sexes has a thin transparent median band; male also has 4 transparent spots at the costal margin. Male has no costal fold

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica 4 months into the 6 month rainy season.

1 Species ID Suggestions

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago
Brown Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus teleus Urbanus teleus (Hübner, 1821)


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LarryGraziano
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LarryGraziano

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Spotted on Sep 1, 2012
Submitted on Nov 18, 2012

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