| Long-tailed skipper | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Urbanus |
| Species: | U. proteus
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| Binomial name | |
| Urbanus proteus | |
The long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus) is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found throughout tropical and subtropical South America, south to Argentina and north into the eastern United States and southern Ontario.[2] It cannot live in areas with prolonged frost. It is a showy butterfly, with wings of light brown tinted with iridescent blue, and two long tails extending from the hindwings. The robust body is light blue dorsally. It has a large head, prominent eyes, and a wingspan between 4.5 and 6 centimeters.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Urbanus proteus Long-tailed Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Urbanus proteus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 October 2021.