Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)

Like Ocola Skippers, this species is a Southern migrant, appearing in NC mostly mid-summer and after. It's generally common in the Southern Coastal Plain becoming less common to rare as you go North and West in the state.
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
New Hanover Co., NC
13 Oct 2007
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
New Hanover Co., NC
13 Oct 2007
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008
Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008		 Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
New Hanover Co., NC
27 Aug 2005		 same individual
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
New Hanover Co., NC
28 August 2004		 New Hanover Co., NC
28 August 2004
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Nectaring on Lantana
New Hanover Co., NC
31 Aug 2003		 Nectaring on Lantana
New Hanover Co., NC
31 Aug 2003
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Nectaring on Elephantopis caroliniensis
Chatham Co., NC
17 Sep 2005		 Brunswick Co., NC
29 Oct 2006
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Always rare in the northern NC piedmont, this individual appeared at the unprecendented early date of June 6th!
Orange Co., NC
6 June 2006		 Orange Co., NC
6 June 2006
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
New Hanover Co., NC
13 Oct 2007

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Created on ... September 1, 2003 | Updated on ... Oct 12, 2008 | jspippen@duke.edu