Urbanus proteus

Urbanus proteus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Eudaminae
Tribus: Eudamini
Subtribus: Eudamina
Genus: Urbanus
Subgenus: Urbanus
Species: Urbanus proteus
Subspecies: U. p. domingo – U. p. proteus

Name

Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type Locality: America.

Holotype: BMNH, Lepindex.

Synonymy

• Papilio proteus Linnaeus, 1758: 484.
• Hesperie porteus [sic] Poey, 1847. Synonymy in Lamas, 2009: 41.
• Goniurus proteoides Plötz, 1880: 11.
• Eudamus proteus (var:) protesides [sic] Plötz; Mabille, 1903: 21. Mis-spelling. Synonymy in Lamas, 2009: 41.
• Urbanus fortis Skinner & Ramsden, 1924 (nom. nud.) Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 41.
• Goniurus protus Hayward, 1966. Mis-spelling. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 41.
• Urbanus proteu Okano, 1981. Mis-spelling. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 41.

References

• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 484 BHL Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 
• Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page. 
• Okano K. 1981. Studies on the Mexican Butterflies (1). Tokurana (Acta Rhopalocera) 1: 23–139. Reference page. 
• Plötz, C. 1880. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Goniurus Hübner und ihre Arten. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 55: 1-22. Reference page. 
• Skinner, H. & Ramsden, C.T., 1924. Annotated list of the Hesperiidae of Cuba. Proc. Acad. nat Sci. Philad. 75: 307-321. Reference page. 
• Steinhauser, S.R., 1981. Revision of the Proteus group of the genus Urbanus Hubner (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 62: 1-41. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Long-tailed Skipper
日本語: オナガセセリ
norsk: Stjertsmyger