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Teleus Longtail

Urbanus teleus/tanna

Description:

popularly known as Flats or Spreadwings

Habitat:

primary rainforest

Notes:

One of the more common types of longtail butterflies I spotted.

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2 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Okay, thanks bayucca, I've added the second species in the ID.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Urbanus teleus and Urbanus tanna are very similar and to some authors not distinguishable from each other. So , to be on the safe side I suggest that you might consider Urbanus teleus/tanna or Urbanus sp..

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Amazonas, Colombia

Spotted on Dec 1, 2012
Submitted on Mar 22, 2013

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