Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Urbanus tanna | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Urbanus Rank Species | |
Similar Urbanus simplicius, Urbanus procne, Astraptes anaphus, Urbanus dorantes, Urbanus | ||
Urbanus tanna, the Tanna longtail, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Ecuador and French Guiana, north through Central America to Mexico. Rare strays can be found up to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
The wingspan is 33–38 mm. Adults are on wing from June to December in Mexico and in June in southern Texas.
The larval host is unknown. Adults probably feed on flower nectar.
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